Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 18:52:45 -0500 From: "Ernest G. Wilson II" <ewilson@frontline.net> To: <kismith@bsdi.com>, <brigid@zna.com>, <info@bsdi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Admin@Delanet. Com" <admin@delanet.com> Subject: BSD SUPPLIERS UNITE TO DELIVER THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR INTERNET OPERATING SYSTEMS Message-ID: <KGEMJPAPKMOLJIBIKPBDIELKCAAA.ewilson@frontline.net>
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To anyone at BSDi or FreeBSD, I read this news release last spring: (March 10, 2000) http://www.bsdi.com/news/press/20000310 From this quote: "BSDi intends to form a united front for the BSD operating systems. The company will deliver, support and enhance both BSD/OS and FreeBSD. BSDi and the FreeBSD Project are jointly evaluating the technology and market requirements for merging parts of the code bases for the two operating systems." Specifically: "merging parts of the code bases for the two operating systems" My questions: 1.) Has any merging of the two code bases taken place yet? 2.) Is merging still the plan? 3.) If it is still the plan to merge, when? 4.) Is there any place for more information on the merger? I was already here: http://www.bsdi.com/news/misc/ but the info is very vague, and the "Open Source" link on your page is broken: http://www.bsdi.com/news/open 5.) When/Where can we begin to evaluate the merged code as a beta, alpha or other? 6.) The BSDi website mentions and links to FreeBSD site (although very little), but the FreeBSD site does not seem to acknowledge BSDi anywhere, Is there bad blood or hard feelings between the two camps? It seems like these two worlds are not united. 7.) Since the merge announcement last spring, I have been waiting for a media blitz and huge out pouring from the BSD community to position itself better than Linux, is this likely to happen? Thank you. Ernest G. Wilson II CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I, i-Net+, Network+, A+ Network Engineer / Systems Administrator ewilson@frontline.net Frontline Communications Corp. 262 Quigley Blvd. New Castle, Delaware 19804 Phone: 302.326.5800 ext.319 Fax: 302.326.5802 http://www.frontline.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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