Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:27:15 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge? Message-ID: <v04220801b68dd3bd1d90@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <3A67B527.DB3B58B1@pitt.edu> References: <20010117175244.A34934@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <200101172102.QAA96480@sanson.reyes.somos.net> <20010118001403.B10950@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <3A67B527.DB3B58B1@pitt.edu>
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At 10:31 PM -0500 2001/1/18, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Having three BSD camps has been great...did you notice that NetBSD's > development spurred when OpenBSD was created?? Maybe it's the time for > a unified "Free" BSD, maybe not. What I see that is actually happening is that each project is taking code and concepts from the other two projects (and re-working them as needed), as they have needs and interests that permit/require them to do so. So, as FreeBSD becomes more portable, it takes stuff from NetBSD and then does some re-working. As NetBSD becomes more powerful (e.g., adding SMP), they take code from FreeBSD and then do some re-working. As either FreeBSD or NetBSD become more secure, they rummage around through the OpenBSD code to see what can be re-used. So, over time, these three projects are continuing to cross-pollinate with each other, and ultimately some time in the distant future, you may very well see the resulting hybrid get so close, and after a number of the original players have either retired or changed their more radical views over the years, you may actually see a point where the core people agree that it no longer makes sense to keep the projects separate, and there is essentially a vote taken (and won) to agree to fully merge what little is left. However, I don't see this happening on a fast time table. I think we're probably talking about another ten to twenty years, at least. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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