OpenBSD Project Announces OpenBGPD

44BSD writes "As noted at undeadly, the OpenBSD Project has announced an BSD-licensed implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol, BGP. Project details, design goals, documentation, and more are at the project web site. BGP is documented in RFC 1771. Lucky for Cisco, BSD is dying..."

Comments

FireFox 1.0

[Anonymous Coward]

Who cares! FireFox 1.0 is out!

Re:FireFox 1.0

[Anonymous Coward]

Usually, a 1.0 release is reserved for when you have a product which is largely usable. Firefox still sucks. It is a disgrace to the OpenSource community in general and the Mozilla Foundation in particular.

pwn3d

[snig64]

maybe with the new protocol they won't be pwn3d like there were this August.

BDS

[pagal_paanda]

Sorry guys, I was hyped up because of FF 1.0 release and typed BDS instead of BSD.

"BSD is dyning"

[Anonymous Coward]

If BSD dies, there is less choice. BSD was a very good thing with a more liberal license. Some Linux folks seem to like BSD declining, maybe because it is so liberal.

To me Linux has almost no technological advantages to BSD. It is just more common, there are more drivers available and there are distros. This line of arguments reminds me of Windows or DOS users.

Re:"BSD is dyning"

[mordors9]

I am primarily a Linux user and do not want to see BSD die. I think more choice is better. I do think some Linux users are like football fans. They cheer for their team and do take pleasure when bad things happen to the other team.

Re:Throughput, Expansion Slots, Network Size, Mark

[RMH101]

..... PROFIT!

YOU FAIL IT!

[Anonymous Coward]

playing so iAt's

Feed the trolls, make them sick

[poohsuntzu]

Sucks? Odd, it has never onced crashed for me in Windows, Linux, or OpenBSD.

In fact I've even had the following plugins work without hassle nor error: flash, quicktime, realmedia, wmv, mid, and so forth. And unless you are either A.) behind in internet news regarding programs you use or B.) only have an internet connection ever few months, then the plugins created by 3rd parties (such as tab prefernces and all-in-one mouse gestures) won't cause you conflicts.

It renders CSS1 and CSS2 with a lethal whip of strictness, much like how it handles HTML. Not to mention that if you have -ever- even seen the source code, you will notice how streamlined it is compared to most other browsers on the web. You're blowing hot air and spreading FUD, without research.

Chances are, you are one of the people who stopped using Windows because "it was buggy", but never took the time to figure out why it was crashing on you and not the people who have had amazing, bug-free experiences with it. Or, you could be the Windows zealot who refuses to use Linux because you won't take the time to learn the interface, and thus choose to whine about how "unfriendly" it is, when in fact it's only different.

Anonymous Cowards... got to love the spineless bastards in the world.

Jokes

[ulib]

I know the slashdot staff made a joke, but since sometimes these are not obvious to everybody (among the comments there's even an AC seriously talking about BSD "declining"), it could be useful to quickly review the facts:
FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project
Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD
"FreeBSD has dramatically increased its market penetration over the last year."

I picked the articles about FreeBSD because it's the BSD "mainstream" version, and now I'm talking about popularity. Of course this means nothing about the quality (let's remember that Windows is the "mainstream" OS... ;). In fact, NetBSD and OpenBSD are usually considered on the same level of excellence.

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Being able to read *other people's* source code is a nice thing, not a 'fundamental freedom'.