From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 12 19:04:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BB6E16A41B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:04:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwc@stilyagin.com) Received: from puffy.asicommunications.com (puffy.asicommunications.com [216.9.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8A743D6B for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:04:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwc@stilyagin.com) Received: from jeeves.stilyagin.local (dwc@reserved-216-9-200-41.asicommunications.com [216.9.200.41] (may be forged)) by puffy.asicommunications.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k5CJ4o6V026678 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:04:51 -0700 (MST) Received: (from dwc@localhost) by jeeves.stilyagin.local (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k5CJ4oli015091; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:04:50 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:04:50 -0700 From: Darrin Chandler To: Thor Lancelot Simon Message-ID: <20060612190450.GB28436@jeeves.stilyagin.local> References: <448C511E.1050105@ogyi.hu> <4109e9180606112218j4b6a16fbh5c68f8a0f9703e2e@mail.gmail.com> <20060612142306.GA18115@dalerahn.com> <20060612184807.GA25574@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060612184807.GA25574@panix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: misc@openbsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, netbsd-users@NetBSD.org Subject: Re: wikipedia article X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:04:52 -0000 On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:48:07PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > Does it really matter? This whole discussion seems like a deliberate > effort to dredge up old rivalries and create bad feeling. It is all > ancient, ancient history now. I doubt this was the original intention, but it looks like it's headed that way... At this point in time it seems like there's a fair amount of porting, backpatching, and code sharing between the BSDs. Who came first has less to do with anything than the philosophy and focus of each project today, and how well it fits with a particular application. If the wikipedia article helps people determine suitability for a purpose then it's worthwhile. The history is already out there, and can be included or merely linked to. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |