Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:28:16 +0200 From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Glenn Johnson <glennpj@charter.net>, "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MOSIX on FreeBSD Message-ID: <E14iXmy-0003xY-00@sexta.cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:40:05 -0800 .
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as usual you are very well informed, In message <200103290440.f2T4e5d01602@mass.dis.org>you write: }> I thought that FreeBSD was associated with BSDi now. I wonder if }> something could be worked out because I do not think that BSDi is doing }> anything with the MOSIX code. } }I wouldn't be expecting BSDi to be doing very much of anything with }FreeBSD right now. However, this situation has been discussed several }times before, and the bottom line is this: } }The MOSIX developers want (need) money. They will port MOSIX anywhere }that you are willing to fund them to, and maintain it for as long as }you're willing to fund them to. The MOSIX port to BSD/OS is very out of }date, and probably not worth using as a reference anymore. } it's based on BSD/OS 3.0, and it can't be distributed. }If anyone's going to make this work, they either a) need to find a fair }slab of money (I seem to recall the MOSIX people asking for a six-figure }sum for the port) or b) a few developers and a deal of free time to do }the work. } }No amount of begging or pleading or saying "it should happen" is going to }do it, unfortunately. 8) } I just spoke to the principal developer/owner of MOSIX, and he confirmed all the above. Basicaly, it has to be re-written, and he wants his team to be remunerated. danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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