From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 4 15:47:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC1C037B8ED for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 15:47:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@planet.nl) Received: from gs0013-2.dial.wxs.nl ([195.121.26.13]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAA4537; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 00:47:38 +0100 Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 00:49:06 +0100 (CET) From: Marc Veldman X-Sender: freebsd@kwetal.lurkie.org To: Arthur Kelly Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/BSDI Merger In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Arthur Kelly wrote: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2000 17:31:53 -0500 (EST), hemos > 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 , > >> 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