Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 20:50:42 -0800 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@NetBSD.ORG> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: www@freebsd.org, core@NetBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Related Operating System Projects Message-ID: <199702050446.UAA00250@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 04 Feb 1997 17:11:36 -0800 "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> wrote: > <li><a > href="http://www.netbsd.org/"><strong>NetBSD</strong></a>; > - is a very close relative of FreeBSD.</li> > + is another free 4.4BSD-Lite based operating system which > + runs on several different architectures.</li> > > <li><a > href="http://www.openbsd.org/"><strong>OpenBSD</strong></a>; > - is derived from NetBSD and supported by a group of former > - NetBSD developers.</li> > + is another group based on NetBSD's code base and supported > + by a different group of developers.</li> > > ? > > Just say the word and I'll commit it. Those are better, but I'd still prefer to not mention NetBSD in the OpenBSD bullet. See below... > Well, I do beg to differ slightly - it is strongly *based* on NetBSD, > and you see references to NetBSD this or that all over the place. The > projects may not be related, but it's still valuable information for > the user to be told that it's not something truly unique and > different, it started as a NetBSD offshoot and is still a very very > similar product in many respects, no? There is too much confusion surrounding the NetBSD/OpenBSD issue. While it is true that the OpenBSD project is originally based on a pre-1.2 NetBSD source tree, they have diverged since then, and have not tracked NetBSD as fast as it changes. Jason R. Thorpe NetBSD Core Group <thorpej@NetBSD.ORG>
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