From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 00:18:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC59F16A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:18:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [66.11.174.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04F443D45 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 00:18:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CA913D34; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 20:18:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: Josh Ockert Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:18:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <40E9B77F.18387.DA08BB23@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <126eac4804070514105924929b@mail.gmail.com> References: <40E95A08.1692.D89B9D62@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd and dragonfly bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:18:11 -0000 On 5 Jul 2004 at 16:10, Josh Ockert wrote: > On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:39:20 -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > > On 5 Jul 2004 at 10:36, Chris Conn wrote: > > > > > Hi, I've been a FreeBSD user for a while, > > > am currently running 4.8, haven't tried > > > version 5 yet. I haven't been reading the > > > mailing lists or web sites much until now. > > > > > > I saw the web page for Dragonfly BSD and > > > it implies that there were design differences > > > with version 5 that led to this new version > > > but I don't really have a feel for what the > > > differences are, can somebody tell me about > > > this change? Or are there political issues > > > that led to this? > > > > I would think that the Dragonfly BSD lists would be the better place > > to ask about Dragonfly BSD... > I like how whenever there's a schism between two parties, it's always > the minority that is supposed to play apologetics and explain what the > differing philosophies are. That is not that was asked. We were asked to explain why Dragonfly BSD was created. Not about the FreeBSD philosophy. > IMO, someone looking to compare between two different camps is valid > in asking either or both camps about what makes them unique. Asking us about FreeBSD is quite valid. But that's not what was asked. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/