Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 23:08:14 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Francisco Reyes <reyesf@newsguy.com> Cc: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com>, "freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD advocacy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980729225930.15784A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199807300224.TAA25928@newsguy.com>
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On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Francisco Reyes wrote: >On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:19:20 -0400 (EDT), Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: > >I don't know how we ended up with 3 BSDs, but it would be great if at >least some parts of the efforts from all 3 groups could be combined. Snipped most of the stuff to get to the point. Jordan gave me a short reply to a very lengthy email on this subject once. I was asking about a complete recombination of BSD's to strengthen the user base and bring in ideas. A complete recombination of the free BSD's is no fun. If I can loosely quote Jordan, "diffing sources is not as much fun as new development." The BSD's already share some things. The ports mechanisms and CVS are common. I have seen beaucoup references to other BSD's in various sources and make files. I think some of OpenBSD's security measures are novel. I know enough about crypto to probably enjoy OpenBSD. Maybe on day FreeBSD can incorporate their ideas. I after hearing Jordan's argument I would have to say that there is more than enough room for all of us on the net. I also think that there is a fundamental benefit to diversity in all things, including free software, and BSDs in particular. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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