From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 21 11:55:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.diskxtender.net (otg.com [38.180.228.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A62C37B43C for ; Mon, 21 May 2001 11:55:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DThompson@OTG.com) Received: from mail.otg.com by mail.diskxtender.net via smtpd (for hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) with SMTP; 21 May 2001 18:55:40 UT Received: by otgnet.otg.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 14:54:10 -0400 Message-ID: <38D338679979134E9528A6EB421F6E1A5A4391@otgnet.otg.com> From: Devon Thompson To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:54:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0E227.6B153DD0" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0E227.6B153DD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am a FreeBSD advocate in the biggest way and was very worried when I heard about the Wind River acquisition. Is there any thing for me to be paranoid about? Will FreeBSD be there 5-10-15 years from now? I use the Linux as my other OS but hope that FreeBSD (my OS of choice) will still be around. The power,flexibly and License make it my choice.Is there anything we can do as a community to keep BSD around? ( I buy all my BSD CDs and rarely down load any iso images I also own several t-shirts) I think the thing that we forget is that for some of us, this is the only and best avenue to take, I mean where else can a person get source code (with out all kinds of politics) and a great OS at the same time? I just hope that Wind River keeps a hands off kind of attitude towards FreeBSD. Just how much of FreeBSD destiny is tied to Wind River anyway? Well these are alot of questions and I don't even know if I'm addressing the right person. If not (SORRY!) could you forward this to the appropriate person? To wrap this up I and a number of my collages didnt finish our college degrees, and FreeBSD and other Open Source OS's have helped us immensely in learning and keeping up it with System architecture as well as a good programming environment. Thanks Devon Thompson ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0E227.6B153DD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am a FreeBSD advocate in the biggest = way and was very worried when I heard about the Wind River acquisition. = Is there any thing for me to be paranoid about? Will FreeBSD be there = 5-10-15 years from now? I use the Linux as my other OS but hope that = FreeBSD (my OS of choice) will still be around. The power,flexibly and = License make it my choice.Is there anything we can  do as a = community to keep BSD around? ( I buy all my BSD CDs and rarely down = load any iso images I also own several t-shirts) I think the thing that = we forget is that for some of us, this is the only and best avenue to = take, I mean where else can a person get source code (with out all = kinds of politics) and a great OS at the same time? I just hope that = Wind River keeps a hands off kind of attitude towards FreeBSD. Just how = much of FreeBSD destiny is tied to Wind River anyway? Well these are = alot of questions and I don't even know if I'm addressing the right = person. If not (SORRY!) could you forward this to the appropriate = person? To wrap this up I and a number of my collages didnt finish our = college degrees, and FreeBSD and other Open Source OS's have helped us = immensely in learning and keeping up it with System architecture as = well as a good programming environment.


Thanks
Devon Thompson


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