4.3/4.4 IBM distributions (need history)

Michael Sokolov mxs46 at k2.scl.cwru.edu
Tue Nov 24 03:47:58 AEST 1998


"User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys at seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> writes:
> I am curious, though, about the releases of BSD for the old RT.

The University of California at Berkeley has never made any releases for IBM RT
and nor will I, so there are no BSD releases for IBM RT.

> There really is
> a large bloat between the 4.3 and 4.4 levels in my stuff, too.  What
> is responsible for the differences in the bloat?

I have heard jokes that CSRG got Microsoft to rewrite 90% of the code for them.
Seriously, though, the bloat starts in Reno and really gets out of hand in 4.4.
The sources are bloated just as much as the binaries, so I wouldn't blame it
just on the compiler or the libraries.

Sincerely,
Michael Sokolov
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