From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Apr 2 22:53:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA02036 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 22:53:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from polaris.pacificnet.net (polaris.pacificnet.net [207.171.0.250]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA02026 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 22:53:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bear@pacificnet.net) Received: from ale (pm3h-26.pacificnet.net [207.171.35.123]) by polaris.pacificnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA15106 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 22:51:20 -0800 (PST) env-from (bear@pacificnet.net) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980402225400.00698fd4@pacificnet.net> X-Sender: bear@pacificnet.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 22:54:00 -0800 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Joey Garcia Subject: BSD Utopia? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hey all! Well, I've been thinking....sometimes that can be a bad thing. *grin* But anyways, I was wondering why you guys have chosen FreeBSD over the other *BSD's (OpenBSD and NetBSD). Is it because of the support? Or do you just think it's better than the others? I was just curious. Anyways, I was wondering why there is such a choice in *BSD's. I was wondering what would happen of all the BSD project would unify in order to create one Free/Open BSD. I know it would be a utipian idea, but I guess that I just have alot of time on my hands to think about these things. (Most of the time I think of these things while I'm at my work...my job isn't very mentally challengint enough for me to actually concentrate on what I'm doing *grin* - I work for a Bank by the way) Anyways, whatever happened to the BSD project at Berkley? Did it just die with BSD 4.4 Lite and was later picked up by BSDi and all the "free" *BSD's? If so, why doesn't Berkley support the idea of free software and just give out the source code, or licence it under the GPL? I was considering what would happen if FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD would conjoin to one BSD project. One thing I thought about was that there would be conflict between whose code would be the main choice, and probably other things of that sort. Although, going by the old cliche "two heads are better than one", won't a larger team mean faster development? I wonder. Another plus I was considering, was that whatever BSD that would be produced it would be most likely ported to other architectures which seems like a great idea. I'm sure there are other pros and cons, but it's just an idea. My thoughts are just mere opinions and stuff. Hell, my ideas might even be stupid. I don't know. But, then again lot's of stupid ideas became great ideas. I'm sure Charles Babbage was critized for his calculating machine, and look what we have now - pc's that kick ass. I'd l ike to hear what you guys think. Any opinions, thoughts, or ideas? Cheers, Bear To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message