Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 00:24:01 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Dan O'Brien" <dmobrien@lucent.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting diversion - M$ vs OSS Message-ID: <364D13F1.FCFEFE31@bellsouth.net> References: <Your message of "Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:05 MST." <4.1.19981113112331.06eb1dc0@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981113212448.044f91e0@127.0.0.1>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > And it is hurting the BSDs, alas. > I don't believe it. The Linux people I know admire the heck out of the orderly and well managed release engineering processes that *really* define the character and soul of FreeBSD. I also believe that the ports framework of FreeBSD provides a greater opportunity for individual participation than Linux. It's a shame these aspects of FreeBSD haven't been covered more by the press (hint Brett :-) IMO, much of the "Cathedral and the Bazaar" has been rendered meaningless and relies largely on fallacious arguments. Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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