Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 15 Mar 1997 00:01:55 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
Cc:        A JOSEPH KOSHY <koshy@india.hp.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Gotcha in moving to post 4.4 lite2 merge ``world''. 
Message-ID:  <8534.858412915@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Mar 1997 12:02:03 %2B0900." <Pine.SV4.3.95.970315115046.15385C-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> People say Kirk McKusick is working on soft updates as a contractor to
> BSDI.

He is.  David and he were talking about this tonite and since I was
only listening with half an ear, I'll let David share any pertinent
comments he may have for himself.

> Case 1: The release of these kind of enhancements would delayed
> long enough to give them a "competitive advantage". 
> 
> Case 2: The enhancements will be considered their proprietary "value-add" 
> indefinitely and things will diverge more than ever.

Case 3: BSDI & Kirk actually do this openly and allow the other *BSDs
to pick up the work in a timely fashion.

I have reason to believe that #3 may be a distinct possibility.

					Jordan



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?8534.858412915>