From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 5 15:39: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from fb02.eng00.mindspring.net (fb02.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.229.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3FBB37B998 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 15:38:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stuyman@confusion.net) Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by fb02.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA16638; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:38:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from confusion.net (user-2ive6r4.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.27.100]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA08521; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:38:49 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <38C2EF3E.963F68D3@confusion.net> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 18:35:26 -0500 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rainer M Duffner Cc: Cosmic 665 , james.kelly@tcs.wap.org, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd,netbsd,openbsd References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rainer M Duffner wrote: > > > > d. OpenBSD is a 6 month old copy of NetBSD > > Theo deRaadt (the founder of the OpenBSD-project) would kill -9 you for > that statement alone ;-) Really. > I don't pretend to understand what led to the split of NetBSD and > OpenBSD, but the impression I got is that these things are better not > discussed in public. > Perhaps they open the files in 70 years or so when everybody involved > back then is dead... ;-) Theo at least has opened his files...they make for some unique reading. The split is not oft talked about, and is probably best left in the past, but if you must http://zeus.theos.com/deraadt/ will give you some insight. Hope that helps, -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 The above email Copyright (C) 2000 Laurence Berland All rights reserved To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message