Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 00:01:55 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Cc: A JOSEPH KOSHY <koshy@india.hp.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gotcha in moving to post 4.4 lite2 merge ``world''. Message-ID: <8534.858412915@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Mar 1997 12:02:03 %2B0900." <Pine.SV4.3.95.970315115046.15385C-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp>
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> People say Kirk McKusick is working on soft updates as a contractor to > BSDI. He is. David and he were talking about this tonite and since I was only listening with half an ear, I'll let David share any pertinent comments he may have for himself. > Case 1: The release of these kind of enhancements would delayed > long enough to give them a "competitive advantage". > > Case 2: The enhancements will be considered their proprietary "value-add" > indefinitely and things will diverge more than ever. Case 3: BSDI & Kirk actually do this openly and allow the other *BSDs to pick up the work in a timely fashion. I have reason to believe that #3 may be a distinct possibility. Jordan
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