Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:53:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> Cc: Freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: corporate announcement Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010404184611.24669D-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104041442060.28359-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net>
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Brett Glass wrote: > > > cash in sooner rather than later. What will this mean for > > BSD? > > I just listened to a press conference. > > - governance of FreeBSD remains with the FreeBSD organization > - plans to donate technology to FreeBSD > - plans to share code as open source > - Hubbard said that he doesn't see any change; and they'll be working on > sharing code more between (working on combining code from) BSD/OS and > FreeBSD. My take is similar, having also listened in on the press conference, and had the opportunity to talk with a number of people involved in the acquisition. It's important, while not underplaying the contributions of Walnut Creek, later BSDi, to distinguish clearly FreeBSD and the various companies who have contributed resources to the project. It looks to me like both Wind River and the FreeBSD Project have a lot to gain from cooperation, not least in the area of FreeBSD developer access to Wind River expertise in operating system design, realtime programming, and software engineering tools. While Jordan did say he saw things not changing, I actually see the acquisition as an important opportunity for positive change: many of the unreached goals of BSDi become far more reachable with the help of a large, technically savvy yet financially stable company like WR. For the record, it's also useful to note that at this point only one FreeBSD Core Team member is an employee of WC/BSDi/Wind River, Jordan Hubbard, and only a minority of FreeBSD committers work there (albeit an important minority). There was never any question of Wind River acquiring FreeBSD, despite the somewhat troubling Reuters article claiming as much. :-) The FreeBSD Project is not for sale, but contributions are gladly accepted. I look forward greatly to WR's contributions. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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