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NetBSD 4.0 Has Been Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-stacks dept.

ci4 writes to tell us that NetBSD 4.0 has been released and has been dedicated to the memory of Jun-Ichiro "itojun" Hagino. "Itojun was a member of the KAME project, which provided IPv6 and IPsec support; he was also a member of the NetBSD core team (the technical management for the project), and one of the Security Officers. Due to Itojun's efforts, NetBSD was the first open source operating system with a production ready IPv6 networking stack, which was included in the base system before many people knew what IPv6 was. We are grateful to have known and worked with Itojun, and we know that he will be missed. This release is therefore dedicated, with thanks, to his memory."

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  1. Yes! by angryfirelord · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to upgrade my toaster!

    1. Re:Yes! by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

      FreeBSD lost 93% of its core developers Do you have any kind of source for that? The FreeBSD core team consists of 9 people, so losing 92% of them would mean losing 8.37 of them, which doesn't really make sense.
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    2. Re:Yes! by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

      so losing 92% of them would mean losing 8.37 of them, which doesn't really make sense. It does if you make him get a haircut and shave.
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    3. Re:Yes! by eronysis · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hmmmm

      You claim to knwo a female into BSD?
      This is not a fan fiction thread man.

  2. Re:Major Changes Between 3.0 and 4.0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Major achievements in NetBSD 4.0 include support for version 3 of the Xen virtual machine monitor...

    Ah, so it does run Linux. I was going to ask.

  3. Oh Boy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    An OS that supports more platforms than it has users.

  4. Netcraft is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    this new release of NetBSD confirms it.

  5. Since wide user base seems to be your preferred by ByOhTek · · Score: 4, Funny

    metric in OS worth...

    How are you liking your Windows install? Just curious.

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    1. Re:Since wide user base seems to be your preferred by Monsuco · · Score: 3, Funny

      How are you liking your Windows install? Just curious.
      Ugh, mines horrible, it lets in a draft and the screen fell out. Next time I will just get a contractor.
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  6. Released? by Huntr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean they spread its ashes around somewhere or what? ;)

  7. A *BSD Xmas Carol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, "tell me if *BSD will live."

    "I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, *BSD will die."

    "No, no," said Scrooge. "Oh, no, kind Spirit! say it will be spared."

    "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race," returned the Ghost, "will find him here. What then? If it be like to die, it had better do it, and decrease the surplus operating system population."

    Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief. It was sad to see any operating system die, even one so obviously flawed and useless as *BSD.

    God bless us, every one.