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Date:      Fri, 9 Jan 2004 08:46:24 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Robert Downes <nullentropy@lineone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is the end of FreeBSD ?!
Message-ID:  <20040109164624.GA72515@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3FFE920A.8000802@lineone.net>
References:  <auto-000071016802@doruk.net.tr> <20040109004625.GA64145@xor.obsecurity.org> <3FFE920A.8000802@lineone.net>

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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:35:38AM +0000, Robert Downes wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> >Notice the difference between these two approaches?  It means there's
> >basically no chance that what happened with RedHat will ever happen to
> >FreeBSD.
> >=20
> >
> No, but it surely is possible that the people that devote time to=20
> FreeBSD will be taken for granted, and will drift away from spending=20
> time on the project?

It's surely possible, but with hundreds of active committers it's
hardly likely to happen this way.

> In fact, so disgusted am I with the thought of a Microsoft-dominated=20
> future, and so impressed am I with the FreeBSD system (and by that I=20
> mean the whole system, including the way code is offered up by=20
> volunteers who do it for the quality of the end result), that I'm going=
=20
> to donate $25 to the FreeBSD Foundation right now. And I'm unemployed,=20
> that's how much I like FreeBSD.

Thanks for the donation - every little bit helps!

Kris
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