Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 12:01:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/BSDI Merger Message-ID: <200003051701.MAA00587@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <00030618280402.00325@freebsd.freebsd.org>
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[ cc's trimmed ] On 06-Mar-00 Danny wrote: > I don't see why FreeBSD needs to merge with BSDI when FreeBSD is clearly so much > better than BSDI. Not entirely. For example, BSD/OS's -current has much better SMP support than FreeBSD does. Each side would benefit if something like this did happen, but I suggest you just wait until Jordan gets back into the states where he can get to his e-mail and respond with actual facts before making all sorts of conjectures and wild claims. >> >I expect many people would like to see a merger of the best features >> >from both. What would be the point of merging without having that as >> >an objective? >> >> Well, if this were say, a Microsoft merger, the point would be to kill-off >> the (free) competition so the commercial product could flourish >> unhindered. >> >> Let's hope the BSD world is a little more honorable... Rest assured that FreeBSD will always be free. >> --Dan -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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