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Interview with Matthew Dillon of DragonFly BSD

Posted by michael on from the laziness-impatience-and-hubris dept.

JigSaw writes "Well-known FreeBSD/DragonFly/Linux/Amiga system hacker Matthew Dillon discusses a number of interesting points regarding where the BSDs are going, the status and goals of his latest project DragonFly BSD, the status of his innovative Backplane distributed database, his exciting plans to develop DragonFly into a transparently cluster-capable system implementing native SSI (Single System Image) which is something that no other operating system can do today, and more."

12 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. My first question would be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...what was it like to work on Gunsmoke all those years?

  2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Obviously NOT something you know about from experience, eh Johnny Warmliver?

  3. Hey Dillion.... by Billly+Gates · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Stop stealing idea's from SCO.

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    http://saveie6.com/
  4. Re:Something no other OS can do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sorry asswipe, but he said no other non-commercial operating system. Learn to read.

  5. Re:Something no other OS can do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sorry asswipe, but he said no other non-commercial operating system. Learn to read.

    Heh, ur teh dumbass

    Now some of the same folks at HP have introduced OpenSSI [openssi.org], which is essentially the same code, less all the Unixware-related bits, ported to Linux and placed under the GPL.

  6. BSD is not dead! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's braindead! This "news" article is boring. All BSDers are boring. BSD is stupid. The only good thing about it is the devil with its trident.

  7. minus 4, Troll) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    are 4 few ggod for membership.

  8. This is a total non-issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Here, we will continue to use other OSes. Save your BSD, err..., BS for home consumption. Thanks

  9. GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD TEABAGGERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
  10. I love FreeBSD, it makes me look smart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1337

  11. Very interesting! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm surprised people still use BSD after that security fiasco last year.

  12. Re:Something no other OS can do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why would I want to infect my system with the GPL ("Official License of the Communist Party" TM)?