Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 04:42:32 +0100 From: void <float@firedrake.org> To: Anthony.Wyatt@csiro.au Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: It's not fun anymore. (Mike resigns from core) Message-ID: <20020509034231.GA9051@parhelion.firedrake.org> In-Reply-To: <4ABEF4D887D40745B8D6804C2FFA939F1A75FF@hermes.la.csiro.au> References: <4ABEF4D887D40745B8D6804C2FFA939F1A75FF@hermes.la.csiro.au>
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FreeBSD is a research project, but it's also a production-quality operating system. It is important that it be "loose" enough to keep hackers interested, but it is also important that it be managed carefully enough that companies like Yahoo (which employs at least one core team member, if I'm not mistaken) can continue to depend on it. I think that the successful management of the tension between these goals has a lot to do with why FreeBSD is so useful and interesting. I guess that these conflicting goals also have a lot to do with the conflicts within core that Mike alluded to. Just my two cents, I hope no one takes offense. I think flamage on this thread is pretty inappropriate and I'd like to respectfully ask everyone to keep things civil, even if only on this thread. -- Ben "An art scene of delight I created this to be ..." -- Sun Ra To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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