Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:42:27 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pet Theory for World Domination Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000713174035.04b96410@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200007132144.RAA09512@rac10.wam.umd.edu>
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At 03:44 PM 7/13/2000, James Howard wrote: >BSDi should buy/merge with SCO. > >Now hear me out on this. I just read the OSOpinion discussion of SCO's >future and that a Linux company should buy it out. Forget that, it is a >better match for BSDi. BSDi would then have everything, including a >compiler, to build a full Unix without the GPL in the way. BSDi would >gain Tarantella. BSDi would gain a huge installed userbase. It would >further consolidate the Unix market. There is a metric ton of code there >including the NonStop stuff and all the heritage associated with a REAL >Unix. Hey -- they'd even get an embarrassing sex scandal at no extra charge. Just kidding. ;-) Seriously, it might be a good idea. I'd sure like to see them get a base of non-GPLed code that could be BSD-licensed and replace the GPLed bits of FreeBSD. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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