Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:32:55 -0800 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Robin_Bj=F6rklin?= <robin.bjorklin@gmail.com> Cc: misc@openbsd.org, users@dragonflybsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unified BSD? Message-ID: <CAGBmCT6XWF4dOpWjw1GqH_wF6dfCvfUguTjWOzFzi3=874Toiw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOc%2B9seWtWaw=bx%2BKwjKXjULArijgcvbDR1gi_J%2BSQkFfsHTCA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOc%2B9seWtWaw=bx%2BKwjKXjULArijgcvbDR1gi_J%2BSQkFfsHTCA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Robin Bj=F6rklin <robin.bjorklin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Am I bat crap crazy for thinking it could be good to merge the four large= st > BSD variants out there, take the best bits and pieces out of each and > create a Unified BSD? > you are not crazy for thinking this, and fortunately there is nothing prohibiting you from doing so (or a collective group of people, or company etc...). One thing you will see in the BSD Unix systems is there is quite a bit of cross pollination between projects. The largest example current example of this from my perspective is support for OpenBSD's "pf" packet filter in FreeBSD. This is a packet filter built to suit the OpenBSD developers goals, but it did not restrict FreeBSD from supporting this packet filter and hopefully both projects benefit from this collaboration (wider code exposure of the pf code, and wider choice of packet filters for FreeBSD users). My opinion is that with the current state of the BSD's this is one of its stronger suits - we have multiple projects right now building entire operating systems to suit each of the projects stated goals and developer wishes. this would be opposed to gnu/linux where you are cobbling together many disparate sources to build your distribution (some of which will have goals that may not line up with your goals). with this diversity we still cross pollinate ideas and methods, but are still allowed to spend our limited resources focusing on our projects core goals. -pete --=20 pete wright www.nycbug.org @nomadlogicLA
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