Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:56:36 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: "J. Joseph Max Katz" <jkatz@cpio.net>, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>, advocacy@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Merging Net/Free/Open-BSD together against Linux Message-ID: <365D9654.D15B4217@softweyr.com> References: <820.912058132@zippy.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I'd go further in saying that, for all intents and purposes, it's hard > enough to be considered essentially impossible. Perhaps if someone of > unimpeachable moral authority like Kirk McKusick were to lead, people > would follow, otherwise I can't see any credible candidates amongst > the current core superset. I remain thoroughly unconvinced that merging Free/Net/OpenBSD back into one mega-project provides additional value to the customer. One of the strengths of the BSD world right now is that we have three projects creating BSD software with a different focus: performance, portability, and security, which frequently cross-pollinate each other. As long as we can keep the groups sharing device drivers, applications, utilities and such, there is no overriding need for them to share a common kernel. Many who come from the Win/Mac world fail to understand that our differences make us stronger. Microsoft may have several thousand engineers looking at security issues in WindowsNT/2000, but I'd put my money on Theo and his cohorts, who analyze the security of OpenBSD *because they want to.* Remember, once they have isolated and corrected a problem in OpenBSD, it is much easier for developers of NetBSD and FreeBSD to determine if this problem affects their systems, and how best to fix it, based on the changes already made to OpenBSD. I agree it would be a good idea to share marketing efforts between the groups to some extent, to tell the world how and why BSD is a better solution, and to tell the world about the open, usable BSD licensing model. This doesn't, however, mean we NEED an grand unified FreeOpenNetBSD kernel. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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