From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 17 23:20:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE10106566B; Thu, 17 May 2012 23:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vance.siemens@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89B928FC0C; Thu, 17 May 2012 23:20:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dadv36 with SMTP id v36so3356179dad.13 for ; Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0IAJVUnFPDmoQROydrYkUoE4xeShg5/PTq4WjuJKCfk=; b=FR/YXLFTg0XVdMlJuSYzVmvjSavTsMXXhQbhJdv0MQNoxxCz/3x/C2vdHA/A2IsdOr xp3y9YPcO0nMaCnJsTb8MvQxaKLPwfSgJ27mwfq2HGpJjiWHHgjrr5S/mGOCUDnJVDlQ uXtLivI9VzeUB1RUDeVDME5APIoH3+4//pNJOy6sYnIf9ejE5mu0YozoEajWo+koUohY +OBOLUkX/OP4oELt27r8bqe8Zq+EDoJPdh6c3jWDmyGPFyqN4SoVKQmwP2Cq/J1Hffpc /NjRjVnLtiEvPQamZcl13vTNCAoT4TzIFIelI286M1dcfgcM9QDyEzuvIWgbF2kd3m63 S3dQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.191.196 with SMTP id ha4mr24444399pbc.146.1337296818970; Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.68.25.138 with HTTP; Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <868vgsv0ga.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <4FA2434F.1020802@unsane.co.uk> <864nrxh5zf.fsf@ds4.des.no> <868vgsv0ga.fsf@ds4.des.no> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:20:18 -0400 Message-ID: From: Vance Siemens To: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 18 May 2012 02:36:32 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Vincent Hoffman Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 prognostication... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 23:20:19 -0000 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 wrot= e: > Vance Siemens 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