Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 00:43:19 -0500 (EST) From: Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Didier Derny <didier@omnix.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead ? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000312004212.11411A-100000@mission.mvnc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003101407140.32633-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> > >I fail to see how you can read anything bad into this announcement. If > > >you're really concerned, you have just as much right to the code as any > > >one else, feel free to take the 4.0 code base and create your own system. > > >BSDidier has a nice ring to it. > > > > > >Personally, I've been running FreeBSD since 1.0, and I'll be sticking > > >with it for quite some time to come. > > > > Ever read Animal Farm? Remember that BSD/OS started out as "cheap with > > source" and grew into "just another OS company". Good ideas can turn bad > > very quickly. > > Instead of assuming that they are going to "go wrong", why not give them a > chance to do it right? Everything is in place for exactly the right > things to happen, I couldn't have planned it better myself, but some folks > aren't happy unless they see conspiracy. > > When you see something wrong, you can speak up, but stop complaining about > stuff that hasn't even happened yet. You could generate enough ill > feelings and bad publicity to *cause yourself* the exact thing you're > worried about. What's there to worry about anyway? If things go good, we have a better FreeBSD. If things go wrong, just branch off the source! ----- In computer terms, hardware is the stuff you can hit with a baseball bat, and software is the stuff you can only swear at. -from a web page explaining what hardware, software, and firmware are ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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