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From: Peter_Van_Epp@cc.sfu.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Most requested features in MINIX...
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Date: 6 Feb 91 01:24:14 GMT
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>From: wjb%cogsci.COG.JHU.EDU@VM1.NODAK.EDU
>
>????Thanks,
>????Bill Bogstad
>
>P.S.  There may be some who say that I should wait for the GNU project or
>free BSD code if I want a "large" OS with source code.  That is certainly an
>option and if it is deemed to be the best way to deal with the situation
>then I will have to pursue my interests in those arenas.
  
   Assuming that the free BSD code refers to the 386 port being documented
in Dr Dobbs, there is bad news from the BSD BOF at the last Usenix in Dallas,
the BSD folks said the article is in error, there is still ATT code in the 
BSD kernel and they don't have an estimate of when it will be gone. GNU
announced (also at a BOF) that they have come to an agreement with CMU on
a Mach licence and they would be starting work on a GNU kernel but again
no estimate of when it would be availible (but I got the impression they
didn't think it would be soon).