From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 11 21:45:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mission.mvnc.edu (mission.mvnc.edu [149.143.2.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17E6A37BC23 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:45:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu) Received: from localhost (kdrobnac@localhost) by mission.mvnc.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id AAA11741; Sun, 12 Mar 2000 00:43:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 00:43:19 -0500 (EST) From: Kenny Drobnack To: Chuck Robey Cc: Dennis , Wes Peters , Didier Derny , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead ? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > >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