From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 4 14: 9:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from colo02-060.xoom.com (colo02-060.xoom.com [206.132.185.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A045A37B5B4 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 14:09:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davidf01@xoommail.com) Received: (qmail 23507 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2000 21:09:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO www1.xoommail.com) (192.168.1.43) by 192.168.1.46 with SMTP; 4 Jun 2000 21:09:31 -0000 Received: (from service@localhost) by www1.xoommail.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA05462; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 14:09:31 -0700 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 14:09:31 -0700 Message-Id: <200006042109.OAA05462@www1.xoommail.com> X-Loop: xoommail.com From: davidf01.1@email.com Subject: PowerPC - Darwin and forking To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just read the intersting interview at BeOpen with J Hubbard ... and noticed that he has recognized the importance of supporting PowerPC. http://www.gnulinux.com/interviews/hubbard_part1.s html Is it not about time that the bsd community begins to address the issues that arise as a result of Apple's own bsd OpenSource initiative (Darwin)? With all the xtra features that Darwin has (extensible network, kernel, driver, filestore models) and a microkernel - would not the bsd world be better off if there was less forking (albeit with many ad hoc justifications) and a concerted effort to focus on one ARCHITECTURALLY clean/coherent design? OS/X goes beta this summer ... maybe one of your people might want to take a serious look at Darwin around then - because continuing a PowerPC port after that point would seem to me a non- optimal allocation of resources . regards:dlf david faibish CTO intermedia development 613 232 7000 x2 ______________________________________________________ Get your free web-based email at http://www.xoom.com Birthday? Anniversary? Send FREE animated greeting cards for any occasion at http://greetings.xoom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message