From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Apr 18 10:30:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA19986 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA19966 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.8.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id KAA02867; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704181731.KAA02867@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: dennis cc: Nate Williams , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Price of FreeBSD (was On Holy Wars...) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 Apr 1997 12:15:38 EDT." <3.0.32.19970418121536.00b52b60@etinc.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:31:42 -0700 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Freebsd is *not* a commercial company and there is no benefit to secrecy. >Why does a "free" OS have secrets? And this is not about fixing bugs, >believe me I understand about bugs, its about having to reengineer >freebsd based systems every couple of months..... > >I'm just getting tired of getting hit in the nuts for not supporting >-current....the fact that the release is out of date a week after its >out is a very bad thing and really needs to change... Dennis, the "secrecy" that Jordan eluded to concerns the "commercial interest" of other companies. For those of us that know what's going on in the bigger picture, we aren't at liberty to discuss what those companies are planning; you'll have to wait for their announcements. One or more of them might have a significant impact on the development of SMP for FreeBSD. You'll just have to wait. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project