From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 3 17:22:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA11212 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA11205 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:22:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA22838; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 11:15:58 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604040145.LAA22838@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Why free/net/open? To: alk@Think.COM (Tony Kimball) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 11:15:57 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199604031921.NAA00546@compound> from "Tony Kimball" at Apr 3, 96 01:21:59 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tony Kimball stands accused of saying: > > I have been unable to locate any adequate description of the reasons > for the divergence of NetBSD and FreeBSD, and again now of OpenBSD > from NetBSD. Can someone suggest a FAQ which addresses this issue? Wait for Oliver Stone to make a movie about it. Seriously, the basic reasons were "political differences", and they're not really easy to condense into 15-second bites. Settle for the fact that, at the moment, the various camps are happy to share their work. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[