From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 22 01:27:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA18005 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:27:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA17958 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:27:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA09518; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 03:25:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) Message-Id: <199806220825.DAA09518@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Here is what I promised :-) In-Reply-To: from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Jun 22, 98 10:14:34 am" To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 03:25:12 -0500 (EST) Cc: dyson@iquest.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@iquest.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav said: > "John S. Dyson" writes: > > Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav said: > > > I'm holding my breath until you tell us the name of the project you're > > > working on :) > > The name "G2" was suggested, so that is the codename for now. It > > kind-of means "Generation 2". > > So where and when can I buy stock? ;) > The goal is for it to be free, and will be probably BSD licensed or similar. :-). No need to buy stock in the kernel development, it will be the user and OEM base (hopefully) that will profit, and the developers will profit as a (slightly more stable) side effect. This thing is probably 1yr away from being a nearly full BSD API and capable kernel, but approx 3mos away from being a usable platform of sorts. (These are only guesses at this point -- it might be a little longer, because such developments are hard to predict.) Imagine if we run into a performance bottleneck -- it could take a month or longer of rework and rewrite. It only takes a few setbacks to end up being a significant delay. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message