From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 13 18:20:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAA7B37B614 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 18:20:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from noslenj@swbell.net) Received: from acp.swbell.net ([207.193.44.213]) by mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FRE00ANB3UDIQ@mta3.rcsntx.swbell.net> for freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:20:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (noslenj@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acp.swbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA00960; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:36:15 -0600 (CST envelope-from noslenj@swbell.net) Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 19:36:15 -0600 (CST) From: Jay Nelson Subject: Re: What result would *you* like from the merger? In-reply-to: To: Brad Knowles Cc: Eric Wayte , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Since you asked (which you didn't, but offered us the chance), I would like to see a calm and mature approach, which we are seeing from the principals. I expect BSD, Inc. to be the first credible alternative to proprietary versions of Unix and the first viable alternative for manufacturers to off load their separate development. Linux hasn't made it and I don't really think it will. I think BSD will be taken far more seriously by the larger manufacturers than Linux ever will. That suggests long, productive careers for all of us. I suspect we'll be seeing some rather quiet announcements, most likely from Sun, but, potentially IBM and Compaq throwing their support behind the effort. Frankly, I think this merger is one of the shrewdest moves I've seen during the entire Linux hysteria. But what I most would like to see from this merger, is someone with enough authority to calm Brett down;) -- Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message