I would say a rushed review isn't fair, but I don't write OS reviews for a living. >That was me trying to justify the relevance of the project and its goals. A

I would say a rushed review isn't fair, but I don't write OS reviews for a living. >That was me trying to justify the relevance of the project and its goals. Apparently not clearly enough. :-( That isn't the same as the project's stated goals, although it does say something about why it might useful to someone. In that sense it's fair enough. >And in that context, yes, I do feel it's something one might do casually, without a lot of research, on the spur of the moment, for example at 1AM after one's partner has gone to bed or something. Ok, fair enough. Having done that, I eventually was able to feel comfortable in NetBSD, especially in a VM, with what was available to me: essentially the official docs and google. I was able to get the OS up and running, and make it feel usable for me.