Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:32:55 -0800 From: "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com> To: "Didier Derny" <didier@omnix.net>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead ? Message-ID: <114801bf8abf$0fc33060$0132a8c0@MELANGE> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000310105527.20209A-100000@omnix.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Didier Derny" <didier@omnix.net> To: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 3:02 AM Subject: Is FreeBSD dead ? > Hi, > > I've just read the announcement of the merge of BSDI and Walnut Creek > CDROM. (March 10 2000). > > I guess it's a sad day for FreeBSD. I can't imagine how a company selling > it's own BSD could at the same time let another BSD free. > > Has the FreeBSD project become the test-bed for BSDI ? or > the single user evaluation of BSDI... > Not sure what announcement you read (no URL provided), but if you look at http://www.bsdi.com/press/20000310.mhtml you'll see the following: "BSDI will continue to develop, enhance and distribute BSD/OS and FreeBSD according to the terms of the business-friendly, unencumbered Berkeley software license, which encourages development for open source software projects, embedded systems, specialized applications, information appliances and other operating system-enabled products. BSDI will expand and accelerate Walnut Creek CDROM's FreeBSD open source initiatives by sharing BSD/OS technical innovations with the FreeBSD Project and by providing this open source project with operational and technical support, marketing and funding. BSDI will continue to distribute packaged versions of FreeBSD and also plans to develop value-added products based on FreeBSD as well as to provide technical support, consulting services, educational services and training for FreeBSD customers. These steps are expected to promote and invigorate the BSD open source computing movement. The FreeBSD Project develops the popular FreeBSD operating system and aggregates and integrates contributed software from more than 5,000 developers worldwide." which clearly states that FreeBSD will benefit greatly from this action. FWIW I'm the person that was responsible for 4.2BSD (and lots of the code you still find in FreeBSD) and based on my information you've got things very wrong. Sam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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