Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:27:18 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000310102326.13688K-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <v04220804b4ee43cb9f62@[194.78.234.238]>
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 3:59 PM -0500 2000/3/9, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > It is too early to think of these things, but I (and surely many other > > BSD fans) am hoping that after BSDI merge their code, NetBSD and OpenBSD > > join (code and teams) with FreeBSD. > > The FreeBSD code will certainly be there if NetBSD and OpenBSD > would like to make use of it. And from what I heard at the NLFUG > meeting this weekend, Jordan (and many others) would like very much > to start working more closely with the NetBSD and OpenBSD developers, > with the potential for unifying codebases at some point in time in > the future. > Go 4.5BSD, Go! > However, anyone who has been involved with this process for a > while can tell you that there are some significant personality issues > involved (heck, if you were watching daily.daemonnews.org, you saw > that -- the only remains can be found at > <http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=671>). > > Anybody involved for even slightly more than shortly has probably seen a flamewar or two. Even if they have become much more rare than they used to be (a good thing). > I believe that the FreeBSD folks are going to make a concerted > effort to try to work more closely with both NetBSD and OpenBSD > developers, however people are going to have to meet them half way. > > From Jordan's comments, BSD, Inc. is *very* well aware of how > important it is to keep a single brand image and to avoid even the > appearance of internal fracturing, but there is only so much they can > do by themselves. > > > For whatever reason, Linux can have eleventy bazillion > distributions, and yet all of them can still be viewed as "Linux", > and therefore there is no apparent internal fracturing. > > There are just four major different versions of BSD that I am > aware of, and while their differences are more on par with Linux > distributions than anything else, they still get their heads served > to them on a platter for not pulling together. > > I just don't get it. > They are just plain hypocritical. > -- > These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy > ========================================================================= > Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin > > Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of > this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, > be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as > a result. > > See <http://i-want-a-website.com/about-microsoft/twelve-step.html>; for > details. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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