Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:30:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Destabilization due to SMP development Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006230329460.41318-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006212302240.318-100000@picnic.mat.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Chuck Robey wrote: >On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Mark Murray wrote: > >> > Has anyone given any thought to what it would take to create an >> > open source version of something similar to perforce? ;-) >> >> Clearly you have. :-). We await your submissions with baited breath... > >I have mixed feelings about that. The Perforce people have been willing >for FreeBSD to use it free. They're really nice about that, it seems more >than a bit discourteous to try to copy it. If you'd asked to duplicate But I thought Imitation was the highest form of flattery :) >MSWord, they're a unethical monopolist, I wouldn't have any scruples >attacking them, but I don't like attacking folks who've been displaying >towards free software such a friendly attitude. > >Makes me (and I sure support free software!) feel like a predator when you >go after folks who've been doing good. > >I think, if you want it fixed, you should go fix cvs. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, >chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. > >New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up >fictitious words in the dictionary. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0006230329460.41318-100000>