From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 10 11:36:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 936B637B8D9 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:36:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dg@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA25556; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:32:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003101932.LAA25556@implode.root.com> To: "Johnathan Meehan" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:15:06 +0100." <012e01bf8ac4$f7ea1700$030000ac@scully> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:32:07 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >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