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Date:      Fri, 20 Mar 1998 08:09:32 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        "Lee Crites (AEI)" <leec@adam.adonai.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCO (was Re: hi terry) 
Message-ID:  <199803201609.IAA29439@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:38:12 PST." <12508.890354292@time.cdrom.com> 

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> > But the industry is changing quite rapidly.  I believe we need to
> > step back and see where it is going and make some strategic
> > decisions about where we want to see FreeBSD go.  We have
> > stability and security pretty well taken care of.  I'm seeing
> > some positive comments about smp in 3.0.  But we might want to
> > see about clustering and some fault-tolerant extensions.  If we
> 
> Heh.  I think we first mentioned clustering as something on FreeBSD's
> wishlist as early as 1995 or so.  The problem here is not in finding
> enough people to say "yeah, clustering is cool!", the problem here is
> in finding people to say "clustering is cool, please check out my
> FreeBSD implementation!" :-(

No, the problem is finding people to say "wow, I have checked out this 
FreeBSD clustering implementation and I think it <verb>s".

Ron Minnich has been trying to shove his more-than-functional clustering
implementation into our laps for the last two or three years now.  I 
can hardly blame the guy for feeling distinctly ignored.

If we have someone that actually feels "proactive" about clustering,
then I suggest they approach Ron solicitously and get something
happening.  8)


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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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