Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 00:49:06 +0100 (CET) From: Marc Veldman <freebsd@planet.nl> To: Arthur Kelly <arthur@sevenkings.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/BSDI Merger Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003050040180.867-100000@kwetal.lurkie.org> In-Reply-To: <l343cssm89cq5sm19hc53n0sg2vdlm35gi@4ax.com>
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On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Arthur Kelly wrote: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2000 17:31:53 -0500 (EST), hemos <hemos@slashdot.org> > wrote: > > >> FreeBSD is an independant open-source project and can't really merge with > >> BSDI in the corporate sense. WC CDROM and BSDI, however, have been in merger > >> talks. I'm not at liberty to discuss what I know about this and suggest that > >> you ask the people more directly involved such as Bob Bruce <rab@cdrom.com>, > >> the President of Walnut Creek CDROM. > > > > Thanks to all those who e-mailed me - I'm ok from here. Then > >notion of FreeBSD and BSDI merging seemed an odd event, and thank you for > >confirming my suspicions. > > He did _not_ say the code or features won't merge though. Since > Walnut Creek provides much of the funding for FreeBSD development, it > seems that David simply deflected further questions. > > 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? I was at a meeting today, (the kick-off for the Dutch FreeBSD user group) where Jordan talked at some length about the upcoming WC/BSDI merger. Jordan confirmed there that at least a number of features will merge. (Better Java Support, better kernel threads.) =========================================================================== Get off the keyboard you furry feline ! Marc Veldman, CFBSDN (Certified FreeBSD Newbie) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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