Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:20:18 -0400 From: Vance Siemens <vance.siemens@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 prognostication... Message-ID: <CADT2zBuWFMg5WxsY=dUcQpfAKu%2BNRxH_g_0iEuNTTfkjeRhwig@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <868vgsv0ga.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <CADT2zBt=EpJvRRuXwVfobusnWr=DnS%2BCg4%2BFqe=ExzEvteHnOg@mail.gmail.com> <4FA2434F.1020802@unsane.co.uk> <864nrxh5zf.fsf@ds4.des.no> <CADT2zBv651OzWK_t%2B17tKvzD5BRkwuvYqfz8HCr5=uiXyydMEw@mail.gmail.com> <868vgsv0ga.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Eh, sorry. I got excited at the prospect of downloading FreeBSD from the App Store and having the installer "just work" in a modern GUI. You have to admit, FreeBSD is lacking in this area. It would be a boon. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> wrot= e: > Vance Siemens <vance.siemens@gmail.com> writes: >> Can you share a brief overview of what's wrong with it? > > Umm, it's about as factual as The Onion, except not as funny. =C2=A0FreeB= SD > never had to "jettison two thirds of its code base and start from > scratch". =C2=A0Apple is not involved in FreeBSD development. =C2=A0No Ma= c OS X or > Darwin version "includes" FreeBSD. =C2=A0FreeBSD and Mac OS X will never > merge. =C2=A0FreeBSD was never acquired by WinDriver Systems or by anyone > else, although a company named WindRiver Systems (makers of the embedded > operating system VxWorks, not of Windows video drivers) did at one point > acquire BSDI, which had previously acquired Walnut Creek CD-ROM, which > was heavily involved in the early history of both FreeBSD and Slackware > Linux. =C2=A0The remains of Walnut Creek CD-ROM and BSDI are now known as > FreeBSD Mall and iXsystems (of PC-BSD and FreeNAS fame). > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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