Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:43:50 -0400 From: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc@gmail.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> Cc: misc@openbsd.org, Harpalus a Como <harpalus.como@gmail.com>, Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, miros-discuss@mirbsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD Message-ID: <f34ca13c0608310843p4e28b57eoec2f60737c034ddb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060831110112.J82634@hub.org> References: <20060830232723.GU10101@multics.mit.edu> <98f5a8830608301731s2b0663e3g94b0bd32f8a06a78@mail.gmail.com> <c6d37fe0608310259k12fe629eve59e59042fcfdb4c@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSM.4.64L.0608311312190.8977@odem.66h.42h.de> <950621ad0608310654h78ae0023g346abd108815ae72@mail.gmail.com> <20060831110112.J82634@hub.org>
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On 31/08/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Harpalus a Como wrote: > > > I'm just a lurker on the OpenBSD list, but I think Charles is right about > > Linux. The code is better then people give it credit for, and considering > > it's vast popularity and what all it's accomplished, the "bazaar" model has > > worked wonders. I'm not advocating Linux, I'm just pointing out that > > considering where Linux is, where it's headed, who all is backing it, I > > really don't see it stagnating or dying anytime soon. > > > > If I'm correct, that's also what Charles thinks NetBSD needs among other > > things, to look at their model for inspiration. I agree. > > Just a stupid comment, but ... Linux is one kernel, multiple distributions > ... BSD is, what, 4 kernels now? If we worked more together instead of as > seperate camps, it might make things a bit easier, no? Isn't there still fewer differences between *BSD operating systems than between different GNU/Linux distributions and kernel releases? :) > Put together a *BSD "core" ... representative from each camp and try and > steer the *kernel* itself towards a more common BSD ... I doubt that'll be productive -- NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD have all different goals...
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