FreeBSD 10 prognostication...

Arlen Cuss a at unnali.com
Fri May 18 03:52:53 UTC 2012


> > >  
> > > Umm, it's about as factual as The Onion, except not as funny. FreeBSD
> > > never had to "jettison two thirds of its code base and start from
> > > scratch". Apple is not involved in FreeBSD development. No Mac OS X or
> > > Darwin version "includes" FreeBSD. FreeBSD and Mac OS X will never
> > > merge. FreeBSD was never acquired by WinDriver Systems or by anyone
> > > else, although a company named WindRiver Systems (makers of the embedded
> > > operating system VxWorks, not of Windows video drivers) did at one point
> > > acquire BSDI, which had previously acquired Walnut Creek CD-ROM, which
> > > was heavily involved in the early history of both FreeBSD and Slackware
> > > Linux. The remains of Walnut Creek CD-ROM and BSDI are now known as
> > > FreeBSD Mall and iXsystems (of PC-BSD and FreeNAS fame).
> >  
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"Troll" *is* right there in the name!
  
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> > > DES
> > > --
> > > Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no (mailto:des at des.no)
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