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Date:      Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:32:31 -0800
From:      Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
To:        Martin Horcicka <mhor5157@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why so many BSDs? 
Message-ID:  <199911300732.XAA08845@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>

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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:27:11 +0100 (MET) 
 Martin Horcicka <mhor5157@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz> wrote:

 > the thing I've never understood is why you are developing three BSD
 > systems separately - well, they are not too separate because if one
 > system implements a thing the other two will probably port it.
 > 
 > Wouldn't it be better to join the projects together and this way to more
 > effectively use your time, skills and energy?
 > 
 > Please, don't lapidate me - I'd just like to know the reasons.

Sigh, this is probably the last question any of the more reasonable of us
want to answer.  Suffice to say, "we have different goals, and differing
opinions".

Why are there so many Linux distributions out there?  :-)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>



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