From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 11 02:43:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DE8116A417 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:43:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karel@lovetemple.net) Received: from imgr.siol.net (imgr.siol.net [193.189.160.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50BC313C465 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:43:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from karel@lovetemple.net) Received: from edge2.siol.net ([10.10.10.211]) by mta1.siol.net with ESMTP id <20080210213136.UCNS25958.mta1.siol.net@edge2.siol.net>; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:31:36 +0100 Received: from tp.unitedpeople.net ([86.61.4.106]) by edge2.siol.net with ESMTP id <20080210213135.NZXO22946.edge2.siol.net@tp.unitedpeople.net>; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:31:35 +0100 Message-ID: <47AF6D2C.5090508@lovetemple.net> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:31:24 +0100 From: Karel Miklav User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071124) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org References: <20080204091025.T31857@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <20080204091025.T31857@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:43:14 -0000 Konrad Heuer wrote: > Knowing what happened when M$ bought Hotmail - FreeBSD was gradually > replaced by Windows - I fear that one very famous commercial user > (and sponsor?) of FreeBSD will move away from FreeBSD. I don't really know, but... 1. the last Microsoft OS experiment didn't end that well. Their process is rigid and costly. 2. the satellite commercial BSD project OS X is a success. 3. Microsoft is trying to enter the UNIX market. 4. Microsoft is trying to reap the benefits of the open source community. 5. FreeBSD has a very corporate-friendly license plus skilled and handy community. 6. every major IT company has their free pet by now, but there seem to be a thorn in Microsoft / Novell relationship and it is GPL 3. 7. the FreeBSD Fundation is "Providing legal support on issues like understanding the GPLv3"... It could go in either direction, if it's for the better depends upon your expectations. -- Regards, Karel Miklav