From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jun 23 0:31: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-a.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.2.221.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD97D37B8B6 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:30:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Received: from localhost (bsdx@localhost) by turtle.looksharp.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA44341; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:30:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bsdx@looksharp.net) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 03:30:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam To: Chuck Robey Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Destabilization due to SMP development In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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