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The Future of NetBSD

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-the-netcraft-comments-to-a-minimum dept.

ErisCalmsme writes "In this email Charles Hannum (one of the founders of NetBSD) tells us that 'The NetBSD Project has stagnated to the point of irrelevance. It has gotten to the point that being associated with the project is often more of a liability than an asset. I will attempt to explain how this happened, what the current state of affairs is, and what needs to be done to attempt to fix the situation.' What will happen to NetBSD?"

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  1. Freudian Slip??!? by sh0dan · · Score: 5, Funny

    To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>

    :)

  2. Re:What goes around comes around by JanneM · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unless I'm mistaken, this is the same Charles Hannum that was directly responsible for kicking fellow NetBSD founder, Theo de Raadt, out of the core group, removed his CVS priviledges, and made Theo twist in the wind for 7 months until he was forced to leave to found OpenBSD.

    Theo "voice of reason" de Raadt? Imagine that, someone not getting along with him. What are the odds, really?

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    Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
  3. Re:Nature doing what it does best... by hclyff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pandas are still around because of "survival of the cutest". Much like OSX.

  4. Re:Sounds bleak by rsidd · · Score: 5, Funny

    (If you think there's the slightest chance this was meant to be funny, it was.)

    1. Take a perfectly good joke.
    2. Emphasise it, highlight it, add a laugh track.
    3. Et voila! American humor.