From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 2 20:14:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA04978 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:14:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iworks.interworks.org (iworks.interworks.org [128.255.18.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA04972 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:14:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from deischen@iworks.interworks.org) Received: (from deischen@localhost) by iworks.interworks.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA06044; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:26:02 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:26:02 -0600 (CST) From: "Daniel M. Eischen" Message-Id: <199811030426.WAA06044@iworks.interworks.org> To: grog@lemis.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD core developer splits up into two branches?? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Yet another reason not to read Slashdot. Here's another prediction: > > Microsoft has recognized the importance of Open Source Software. > They are currently planning to defuse the DOJ proceedings by making > all their software sources free and turning into a pure service > organization fuelled by the recognition that no real hacker would > touch their code anyway. > > Likely? No, I just made it up. I suspect that the source of your > message did the same. I can't see the slightest sign of such a > movement, unless it's one disgruntled developer who thinks he can go > it alone. Even then, it couldn't be called FreeBSD, since that's a > registered trade mark. > > David Greenman asked for a URL. Can you supply it? I just found original posters reference at slashdot. This should get you there: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=98/11/01/177215&pid=0#17 Near the end - search for "End of FreeBSD". It's just some silly posting. JKH has already replied to it. DE To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message