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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 04:34:09 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>, Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, Ian Dowse <iedowse@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The Project and onward [was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c]
Message-ID:  <20010312043409.A86273@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <20010312125534.B46529@daemon.ninth-circle.org>; from asmodai@wxs.nl on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:55:34PM %2B0100
References:  <20010312104538.B45619@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <200103121021.LAA87908@info.iet.unipi.it> <20010312125534.B46529@daemon.ninth-circle.org>

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On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:55:34PM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:

> 	- We definately lack architectural guidance, things keep getting
> 	  added and added, but were do we draw the line?

What is wrong with the existing situation where architectural
decisions are made by the FreeBSD developer community?  Can you define
your complaint better?

> 	- The above probably is a step which needs to be taken after we
> 	  consider what to target as FreeBSD.  I mean, an Unix OS
> 	  targetted at x86 and Alpha just doesn't fit anymore.  I mean,
> 	  on out frontpage we pride ourselves of being THE choice for
> 	  Internet related applications/serving, but in practice we're
> 	  still behind on certain things.  To name one small, but very
> 	  important thing: clustering [typical usage meaning
> 	  webclustering and the likes in my vocabulary].
> 	  So, what do we target?  Servers?  Workstations?  Embedded
> 	  systems?  I know it runs perfect on all, but I cannot seem to
> 	  get a definate answer somewhere, nor do I doubt we could even
> 	  agree on one.

What gets targetted is what people want to target.  Developer interest
drives FreeBSD forward - this is basically a tautological statement
and there's not much that can be done about that.

Kris
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