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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!caen!scottl From: scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FAQ_01. First Draft. Date: 14 Apr 1993 02:41:44 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 44 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1qftl8INN30b@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> References: <1qfbes$lmc@agate.berkeley.edu> <CGD.93Apr13164303@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <C5GA0G.tt@kithrup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mlb.engin.umich.edu In article <C5GA0G.tt@kithrup.com> sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >In article <CGD.93Apr13164303@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes: >>Frankly, from what i've seen, you and Lynne have done more to polarize >>the situation than anyone else. >>I, for one, think it's rather sad, and has done very much to >>tarnish 386bsd... > >Exactly. > >I am working on trying to convince several people to go to 386bsd instead >of BSD/386; a couple of them have replied that they will go to BSD/386 because >they're pissed at wfj. > >Face it, BSDi has a lot going for their product: timely updates, helpful >programmers, committed support, helpful installation, etc. 386bsd doesn't >have any of that, plus it has a couple of people who have, at times, seemed >bound and determined to inject as much poison as possible into the arena -- >which most people do *NOT* want. > >>i've a question for you: >>is anyone with even a slightly different set of goals than your >>own necessarily "not on your side"? > >Such as me, for example? Who has been accused of wanting to see >free software fail, and of being a ``judas'' in the employ of BSDi? > >><sigh> > >I agree. I'd hoped it had all been done with, but that appears to >not be the case. I'll be the first to admit I'm uneasy about some of >the things happening with or around BSDi, but at least they can be >talked and reasoned with. > >*sigh* > From all the flames going back and forth here, I am seriously wondering whether I should continue to use 386bsd. It seems that the developer can't get along with the support crew. If that's the case, then what is the real future here? This is not to say that I support either side; I'm just worried. -sl