From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 5 9: 1:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (jobaldwi.campus.vt.edu [198.82.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4CB37BA6C for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 09:01:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (john [10.0.0.2]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA00587; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 12:01:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <200003051701.MAA00587@server.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <00030618280402.00325@freebsd.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 12:01:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Danny Subject: Re: FreeBSD/BSDI Merger Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ cc's trimmed ] On 06-Mar-00 Danny wrote: > I don't see why FreeBSD needs to merge with BSDI when FreeBSD is clearly so much > better than BSDI. Not entirely. For example, BSD/OS's -current has much better SMP support than FreeBSD does. Each side would benefit if something like this did happen, but I suggest you just wait until Jordan gets back into the states where he can get to his e-mail and respond with actual facts before making all sorts of conjectures and wild claims. >> >I expect many people would like to see a merger of the best features >> >from both. What would be the point of merging without having that as >> >an objective? >> >> Well, if this were say, a Microsoft merger, the point would be to kill-off >> the (free) competition so the commercial product could flourish >> unhindered. >> >> Let's hope the BSD world is a little more honorable... Rest assured that FreeBSD will always be free. >> --Dan -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message