From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 30 9:11:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F4119150CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:11:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 123j70-000Bk0-00; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:11:42 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA91980; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:11:42 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 17:11:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Gorden Fischer Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD ever goes public? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Gorden Fischer wrote: >With all the jazz Linux had stirred up, I simply wonder if FreeBSD will >likely go public? 1. Well, from what i have heard, linux needed a LOT of vendor support before it got to that point. FreeBSD has a ways to go in this area. Also, they have an icon, a leader, that the media can point to. This difference has been observed by others, since FreeBSD is a group rather than one person who makes all the decisions. 2. Also, there are still several linux distros that will probably stay away from IPOs because they want to preserve the volunteer atmosphere. 3. Can you imagine Jordan having to report to a CEO or a Board of Directors? ;-) -=> jm <=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message