From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 6 16:06:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA26494 for current-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 16:06:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA26488 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 16:05:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@dyson.iquest.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.7/8.8.8) id TAA07319; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 19:03:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from toor) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199712070003.TAA07319@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? In-Reply-To: <199712062004.PAA27466@whizzo.TransSys.COM> from "Louis A. Mamakos" at "Dec 6, 97 03:04:59 pm" To: louie@TransSys.COM (Louis A. Mamakos) Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 19:03:48 -0500 (EST) Cc: shawn@cpl.net, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Louis A. Mamakos said: > > At my "day job", we have quite a few machines running BSDI, and have > been pretty happy with the support and quality of software. They tend > not to be as far out on the "bleeding edge" with features, but this > isn't too surprising if you're trying for maximal stability. They've > got some very smart and clever people hacking code over there, and > with good taste. > > Your characterization of "... not so great company behind it." is certainly > not universally accepted. > I tend to agree that there is little to be gained by putting BSDI, any other *BSD, or even *Linux down. I think that we are all proud of FreeBSD, and incorrect statements about FreeBSD are best refuted. Let's not put other OSes (or developers) down publically, and maybe sometimes make the same mistake. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com