From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 10 4: 3:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hatfield.mail.easynet.net (hatfield.mail.easynet.net [195.40.1.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A3F137B9A5 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 04:03:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmeehan@easynet.co.uk) Received: (qmail 33921 invoked from network); 10 Mar 2000 12:03:17 -0000 Received: from frnk-3e355f8d.pool.mediaways.net (HELO scully) (62.53.95.141) by hatfield.mail.easynet.net with SMTP; 10 Mar 2000 12:03:17 -0000 Message-ID: <005501bf8a88$35905520$030000ac@scully> From: "Johnathan Meehan" To: References: <87745.952687476@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead? Well, not in theory... Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:00:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, > You're going to feel like a real idiot when you actually read the > announcement properly. Go back and read it through from beginning to > end. :-) That is not fair, Sheldon. Didier has some concerns, and I cannot blame him. I'm reassured by the comments that have been made, both here and other places, but I am afraid that whilst not jumping ship, I will be watching the development of FreeBSD with a /very/ suspicious eye. I find it difficult to believe that a group of people who have worked so hard for so long to produce a superior product will walk away from it, or see it corrupted. However, on the other hand, when I hear managment type terms such as "features" and "adding value" with reference to the commercial offering I do wonder just how the FreeBSD project will be affected in _reality_ and not just in _theory_. I am personally waiting to hear more information, particularly from the commercial side, and perhaps then my suspicious mind may be relieved somewhat. I'm sure you chaps know what you are doing, but some of us believe that Eris is great friends with Murphy. Regards, Johnathan Meehan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message