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Date:      Thu, 08 Jun 2000 18:46:56 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Kevin Lyons <klyons@corserv.corserv.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSDi acquisition of Telenet
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20000608184610.0494c900@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200006090054.TAA01053@corserv.corserv.com>

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Why not ask Kirk et al what they have in mind? They've never been
so secretive as not to discuss such things.

--Brett

At 06:54 PM 6/8/2000, Kevin Lyons wrote:
  

>Is anyone concerned about the impact of BSDi's acquisition of Telenet
>systems?  Ordinarily, I doubt it would matter, but taken in conjunction
>with the merger of BSDi and Walnut Creek, one wonders if hardware
>manufacturers such as Dell, Micron, etc. will be as willing to provide
>FreeBSD Inc. with sample/development hardware.
>
>I guess from Kirk's standpoint at BSDi, I can't blame him.  BSDi was
>trying to sell BSD/OS and Internet Super Server for umpteen thousand
>dollars when FreeBSD is essentially free and supports more hardware
>with an incredible hardware expansion program going on.  BSDi may feel
>that the only way they can make money and stay viable is to start selling
>hardware.  But the merger between Walnut Creek and BSDi is still puzzling.
>Jordan and friends at FreeBSD Inc. would, I hope, reject any interference
>in licensing or distribution attempts made by BSDi.  After all, FreeBSD
>is composed of multiple independant developers who could easily move from
>Walnut Creek's CVS servers and distribution (as evidenced by NetBSD) if
>forced to.  
>
>Am I the only one wondering about this?  Maybe someone higher up in the
>BSD kingdom and familiar with the politics can illuminate the merger and
>acquisition.
>
>Kevin Lyons
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