From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 5 1:30:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8262D37B9B6 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 01:30:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@planet.nl) Received: from gs0215-1.dial.wxs.nl ([195.121.144.215]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA63F5; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:30:41 +0100 Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:32:08 +0100 (CET) From: Marc Veldman X-Sender: freebsd@kwetal.lurkie.org To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: WC/BSDI Merger (Was: Re: FreeBSD/BSDI Merger) In-Reply-To: <20000305003228.E14279@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG jOn Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > This concern is almost totally unneeded, the code is free and there > would be nothing stopping a few wounded individuals from starting > thier own distro should "the worse" happen. > > All you'd have to do is point your cvsup clients somewhere else. :) > > You may be able to kill the name "FreeBSD" but you can't kill the code > that it's made of. > > Finally, let's not get ahead of ourselves spreading... oh god, i'm going > to say it... FUD. > > The sky isn't falling in fact it looks like the clouds may part and > bring us some really interesting and exciting technology. Please see the subject line. It's *not* a FreeBSD/BSDI merger. It's a Walnut Creek/BSDI merger. I was at the meeting where Jordan announced that the merger was going to take place, and he stressed exactly that. =========================================================================== Get off the keyboard you furry feline ! Marc Veldman, CFBSDN (Certified FreeBSD Newbie) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message