Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:40:36 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge? Message-ID: <3A660344.38176D12@pitt.edu> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0101171133410.7126-100000@well.com>
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I couldn't resist adding some FUD to all this :).
James Howard wrote:
>
...
>
> So at this point, I am trying to figure out why NetBSD and FreeBSD didn't
> pool resource early. I know why OpenBSD exists so that is not a question
> (though great quotes are appreciated:).
>
Because we were trying to implement the "multipath optimization
method" (AKA MOM). This method, coldly thought up by the early BSD
gurus after consultations with the Usenet oracle, gave us the option
to explore different optimization and CI paths without the bothersome
requirement of sharing the same tree. The methods of crosspolination
and evolution by friendly competition were developed simultaneously...
> Why did Jolitz pull support from 386BSD? And what was BSDi doing at the
> time?
>
There are three possible explanations;
1) The guy was a genius, he surely had more important things to do
(for humanity not just for hackers !).
2) He was busy reading a joke list from some kid in Finland building a
Toy OS.
3) There's the legend that there are some secret tapes with his last
developments waiting to be released until the world were "ready".
BSDi was debugging Jolitz' code and pondering how to take over the
world...They sued AT&T first you know... they were also setting out
the last details of the MOM theory.
that's what I've concluded after years of carefully reading the
archives and interpreting ...
Pedro.
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