In message <01022622205103.05318@pinky.paradox.demon.co.uk>
          Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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> Anyone know why mark originally chose NetBSD over the other free unices?

According to <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm32/history.html>,
"after carefully studying the likes of Mach, Linux and FreeBSD, [we]
nominated NetBSD as our OS of choice." Not that that is particularly
illuminating but it's the only reference I've seen to a reason "why."
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