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Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 13 Apr 1997 21:48:53 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 00:29:45 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> *coherent* is one thing....having a focus is another (theres that word
> again!). Since
> there is no clear goal, the future is a fog, which makes Freebsd
> undesirable in
> the long run for major endeavors.

If it were any different for the "commercial OS vendors" (and no
"mission statement" from SCO has ever helped me divine their purpose
or realistically schedule my plans around them) then I'd say you were
describing a situation unique to FreeBSD.  However, they don't and it's
not, so you're basically describing life in all of its unpredictable
splendor.  Take a valium and chill out - I don't understand what your
motivation here is, except perhaps to enjoy knocking heads together
for your personal enjoyment.  Find another hobby.

					Jordan