From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Sep 21 17:13:45 1995 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA06292 for chat-outgoing; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 17:13:45 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA06287 ; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 17:13:42 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA18166; Fri, 22 Sep 95 00:13:06 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA07421; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:13:03 -0600 Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:13:03 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9509220013.AA07421@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: pechter@shell.monmouth.com Cc: gryphon@healer.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199509212311.TAA12567@shell.monmouth.com> (message from Bill/Carolyn Pechter on Thu, 21 Sep 1995 19:11:13 -0400 (EDT)) Subject: Re: FreeNix? Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Bill" == Carolyn Pechter writes: Bill> Well... folks BSD is more or less dead -- at least as far as Bill> the commercial world goes. I hate to say it -- staying Bill> compatible with 4.4 when the rest of the world has passed it Bill> buy is a mistake. I think this is precisely the *wrong* attitude to have with regards to our project. Our system is an *alternative* UNIX to the rest of the world---a BSD UNIX. That's why I went with FreeBSD in the first place. Esix, Interactive, Solaris, and the others would all let me develop the applications I wanted. Even Linux would. But I wanted BSD UNIX. And I got it, by golly. And I'm sticking with it. I'm not going to use continue to use FreeBSD if it becomes FreeSVR4. It's *not* a mistake to keep ourselves 4.4 compatible. That's a desirable feature! -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA Recite entire movie scripts (e.g. "The Road Warrior," "Repo Man," Casablanca,") almost inaudibly. -- One of 120 ways to annoy your roommate.