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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!cf-cm!isl.cf.ac.uk!paul From: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ? Message-ID: <1995Jan17.191340.28519@cm.cf.ac.uk> Sender: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Nntp-Posting-Host: isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk Organization: ELSYM, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK. References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <3etolp$2qr6@tiger2.ocs.lsu.edu> <D27p37.1E9@bonkers.taronga.com> <3f281t$3n4@engnews2.eng.sun.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 19:13:39 +0000 Lines: 27 In article <3f281t$3n4@engnews2.eng.sun.com>, John Plocher (PADI AI-85274) <plocher@scuba.net> wrote: >: Matthew N. Dodd <mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu> wrote: >: >Wait a second! What reason is there to merge NetBSd and FreeBSD? > >So that the *rest* of the distribution (other than that insignificant >/vmunix file itself) wouldn't have to be different. So that someone >can produce a *BSD distribution like they do for Linux, without getting >ratholed in the kernel wars. So people can work on things that are >"more important" than the kernel, like admin tools, cool apps, etc. > >Right now both of you kernel groups are convinced that the world should >revolve around the kernel work you are doing. Somehow, you are proud that >there are "differences" between you. None of you really can see that >it is the users and application developers who get caught in the middle. > I really don't understand why everyone think the two groups are made up of just kernel hackers. Speaking for FreeBSD I'd say that *most* of the contributers are user-space hackers. FreeBSD is not just /kernel, it's the whole system. -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home) Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK