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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.oberlin.edu!news!ctilburg From: ctilburg@cs.oberlin.edu (Chuck Van Tilburg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 4.4-lite? Date: 28 Jul 1994 16:11:53 GMT Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science Lines: 30 Message-ID: <CTILBURG.94Jul28121153@occs.cs.oberlin.edu> References: <MYCROFT.94Jul21211839@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <30oloq$7k7@quagga.ru.ac.za> <MYCROFT.94Jul24185950@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <CtIB1L.9yC@boulder.parcplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: occs.cs.oberlin.edu In-reply-to: imp@boulder.parcplace.com's message of Mon, 25 Jul 1994 17:24:56 GMT (NOT FLAME BAIT: DO NOT FLAME!) (as if that really makes any difference) My two cents is that it is a crying shame that the two efforts can't get together. I mean, if you both have a 4.4Lite derived kernel source tree, it makes the utmost sense to gather under the most portable and let the interested parties develop device drivers, bug fixes and tweaks ad nauseum for their own architectural interest. This is the best way to make us of large, but still FINITE, talent and time to the end result of an extremely portable, complete, efficient (robust, ...) product on all the platforms in which people are interested. So my proposition is: NetBSD and FreeBSD should merge. *BSD* UNITE! I understand that there are fundemental differences in legal details, fears, personalities, etc. I just don't see why the problem is intractable. There is so much to gain in a concerted effort... We aren't children... United we stand, divided we just give commercial efforts more ammunition... chuck -- /****************************************************************************** Charles C. Van Tilburg ctilburg@cs.oberlin.edu Computer Systems Technician Computer Science Program 216-775-8077/8064/0504 --> Oberlin College office(morning)/ 131 Severance Hall office(afternoon)/ Oberlin, Ohio, 44074 home. ******************************************************************************/