From owner-freebsd-platforms Wed Aug 30 01:00:50 1995 Return-Path: platforms-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id BAA17374 for platforms-outgoing; Wed, 30 Aug 1995 01:00:50 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA17338 for ; Wed, 30 Aug 1995 01:00:36 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA02273; Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:59:12 -0700 To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net, davidg@Root.COM, davem@caip.rutgers.edu, freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD-ROM 2.0.5 - Any SPARC Porting Underway? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Aug 1995 17:58:09 PDT." <199508300058.RAA04955@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:59:12 -0700 Message-ID: <2271.809769552@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: platforms-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Could I ask (well, I suppose I can ask, but might not get) that the > idea that ``FreeBSD'' and ``NetBSD'' are compeating for market share > simply die in the minds of folks, and on the mailling lists. I don't think you'll get it, and not because of human intransience but from the simple facts of reality. YOU may not see the two groups as in competition, but I can guarantee you that many influential members of both camps certainly do (they know who they are!). You don't go to USENIX very often so you don't see what happens when members of the two groups collide (especially after some of them have been drinking :-) and berate one other, after which usually follows a general free-for-all since other passers by, hearing the conversation, join in to beat up BOTH sides for not getting together and just having ONE BSD. It's a mess and you're not going to fix it by playing ostrich or asking others to do the same, I do know that much. Jordan