Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 15:22:00 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021222152200.GA39388@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20021222064026.GA421@papagena.rockefeller.edu> References: <20021222034806.GA34537@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20021222064026.GA421@papagena.rockefeller.edu>
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 01:40:26AM -0500, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: | Jonathon McKitrick wrote: | > I recently read that the new Mandrake licensing plans for commercial will | > allow modification of the source without requiring they be released. The | > article remarks how much that is like the BSD license. | | ITYM this issue: | http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=186 | If so, (a) it's not about linux itself, (b) even so, you totally | misunderstood him. I guess I should have clarified that it only applied to the one Mandrake specific product they are using as their flagship commercial product. But the point was that the reference to the BSD license once again reminds us how fortunate we are we don't have to dance around this issue with BSD products. It's taking quite a while for Linux to develop a decent business model that doesn't depend on hardware sales. But as you mentioned, a Linux/BSD or BSD/GPL debate is pointless. | FreeBSD will survive. Linux will survive. Use what you like... I guess I was just looking for the confirmation that BSD *does* have the momentum to survive, as well as enough new 'technology' as MSFT would put it, to make it a worthwhile alternative choice, not just an also-ran alternative OS that is always playing catch-up. And from the other responses, 5.0 is going to be awesome, so I'm looking forward to it. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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