From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Dec 21 15:14:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC2237B401; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:14:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A080843EDA; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:14:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Psp0-0003B0-00; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:14:18 +0000 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gBLNEIPe032219; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:14:18 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBLNEHMk032218; Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:14:17 GMT Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 23:14:17 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021221231417.GB32071@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18Psp0-0003B0-00*t0UZgbShimw* Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I like to ask this question every once in a while, since the scene is always changing and there are different people reading the various lists. How do YOU personally think the BSD's are doing as far as developer momentum, innovation, and other forms of progress that will continue to attract the needed attention to keep moving forward and keep BSD in the spotlight as a valid alternative OS? Do you think 5.0 will be a great leap forward in this regard? It seems like it will be, but Linux is also moving forward, from what I have heard, its networking is continuing to improve with every release, and it has also garnered commercial interest. Just thought I'd collect the latest opinions, news, rants, and flames on where we're going. :-) NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message