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From: csgr@cs.ru.ac.za (Geoff Rehmet)
Subject: Re: net / free bsd ?
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 1994 19:33:17 GMT
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In <2mgt3k$k0u@news.duke.edu> ajl@ipl.mc.duke.edu (Arne J. Ludwig) writes:
>: You might see some performance differences (Free might be faster at
>: some things, Net at others), but that is mostly it.
>This may sound like a heretic proposal, but I think it is high time
>to merge the two teams (and sources) and not waste time, effort, and
>manpower on fixing bugs and making enhancements twice.
>Are the two BSD teams actually going in the same direction as those
>ever-dreaded commercial Unix vendors and are now competing instead of
>collaborating?
It is an unfortunate fact that there will probably never be a merger
between the two groups. There was an attempt late last year, which
didn't get past some differences between the two teams' members.
There is now way to get people who disagree with each other all the time
to work together. This is just something that we will all have to live
with.
There is however a fair bit of cross-pollenation between the 2
projects, and I believe that they can still help each other's progress,
despite the impossibility of a merger.
Yes, I know that it makes things more difficult and confusing for the
user community, and yes a few wheels are being reinvented, but that is
the way things are.
The two teams have different priorities in their work on BSD, and as such
they tend to concentrate on these areas of their systems. It is up to
the prospective *BSD user to decide which product suits her needs
better, and install that product.
Geoff.
<A very satisfied FreeBSD user>
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