From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 06:09:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA05632 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 06:09:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from bureau-de-poste.utcc.utoronto.ca (bureau-de-poste.utcc.utoronto.ca [128.100.132.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA05624 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 06:09:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mainserver ([24.112.2.79]) by bureau-de-poste.utcc.utoronto.ca with SMTP id <795162(4)>; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:08:21 -0500 Message-ID: <3292C966.7906@utoronto.ca> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 04:03:34 -0500 From: Edward Ing X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dennis CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question: Unite or Die? References: <1.5.4.32.19961120120658.006f8ecc@kentauros> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk dennis wrote: > My question is why have two OS rather than one REALLY good one? > Why dont programmers,hackers,develepors of both teams unite to write the > ultimite OS? > Why the two teams mock at each other? Dont they see the danger in front of > them? The two unix teams have two different development philosophies. Linux is a developmental free-for-all. That is why there are different distributions. Different distributions try to gather up all the different parts of Linux which have been developed at independent rates. This each distribution has a different mishmash of utilities. This kind of development philosophy is go for the individuals to pursue there own developpment goals. FreeBSD has a more organized development philosophy, and this does not mean that development in new technologies is stagnant. But it does ensure that there is only one release of a version of software and that the components work togeather. Furhtermore the utilites are packaged in an organized manner. Edward Ing