From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 7 04:56:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA12656 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 04:56:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server4.mpcbbs.com.br ([200.246.0.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA12647 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 04:56:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from capriotti@geocities.com) Received: from hot_nt (node22.mpc.com.br [200.246.0.22]) by server4.mpcbbs.com.br (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id IAA19706; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 08:55:16 -0300 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980407204307.00ab6b30@pop.mpc.com.br> X-Sender: capriotti@pop.mpc.com.br X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 20:50:34 -0300 To: John Saunders From: Capriotti Subject: Re: BSD Utopia? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Actually, maybe merging the BSD flavors may be impossible, but merging back FREE DBDs may not. And, per what Mr. Andersen is doing, Free software will probably be the future in the medium/long run. And I would like to remark that Apple AND Sun are looking for Free SW to kepp on selling their HW. Doens that ring a bell ? I guess this is an URGENT issue; An unique opportunity kicking in our door. At 10:50 AM 4/7/98 +1000, John Saunders wrote: >Capriotti wrote: >> Good to remember that many factories are making joint-ventures. They keep >> their identity, but they work toghether in projects that, as a final >> result, give us one good car, as a rule. And better, faster >> developed/tested, and cheaper, though it doens't apply here (not indeed ? >> Time is money !). > >Actually that is a good idea. The different BSDs are close enough that >if they pooled effort for a particular project (such as a specific >driver) they could all include that feature. > >However merging all the BSDs back into 1 will never happen. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message