Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:32:07 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Johnathan Meehan" <jmeehan@easynet.co.uk> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead ? Message-ID: <200003101932.LAA25556@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:15:06 %2B0100." <012e01bf8ac4$f7ea1700$030000ac@scully>
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>Could somebody clear this up for me? If FreeBSD is still going to go along >doing what it does, then what happens if I write a device driver for >WhizzoNewProduct(TM), that the commercial side is developing as an "added >value feature"? Say, for example, I beat them to the punch. As pointed to Simple answer: BSD, Inc. loses. What BSD, Inc. tries to do in the value-add arena is entirely their problem and if FreeBSD developers develop something that conflicts with BSD, Inc.'s value-add, then tough - BSD, Inc. will have to go and find another value-add. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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