Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:33:25 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD Merger Announcement Message-ID: <v04220804b4ee43cb9f62@[194.78.234.238]> In-Reply-To: <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org> References: <38C64924.FD9B7A5F@interlog.com> <38C810A4.BE0AD747@asme.org>
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At 3:59 PM -0500 2000/3/9, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > It is too early to think of these things, but I (and surely many other > BSD fans) am hoping that after BSDI merge their code, NetBSD and OpenBSD > join (code and teams) with FreeBSD. The FreeBSD code will certainly be there if NetBSD and OpenBSD would like to make use of it. And from what I heard at the NLFUG meeting this weekend, Jordan (and many others) would like very much to start working more closely with the NetBSD and OpenBSD developers, with the potential for unifying codebases at some point in time in the future. However, anyone who has been involved with this process for a while can tell you that there are some significant personality issues involved (heck, if you were watching daily.daemonnews.org, you saw that -- the only remains can be found at <http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=671>). I believe that the FreeBSD folks are going to make a concerted effort to try to work more closely with both NetBSD and OpenBSD developers, however people are going to have to meet them half way. From Jordan's comments, BSD, Inc. is *very* well aware of how important it is to keep a single brand image and to avoid even the appearance of internal fracturing, but there is only so much they can do by themselves. For whatever reason, Linux can have eleventy bazillion distributions, and yet all of them can still be viewed as "Linux", and therefore there is no apparent internal fracturing. There are just four major different versions of BSD that I am aware of, and while their differences are more on par with Linux distributions than anything else, they still get their heads served to them on a platter for not pulling together. I just don't get it. -- These are my opinions and should not be taken as official Skynet policy ========================================================================= Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Sys. Arch., Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin Note: No Microsoft programs were used in the creation or distribution of this message. If you are using a Microsoft program to view this message, be forewarned that I am not responsible for any harm you may encounter as a result. See <http://i-want-a-website.com/about-microsoft/twelve-step.html>; for details. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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