Re: FreeBSD 10 prognostication...

Eh, sorry. I got excited at the prospect of downloading FreeBSD from
the App Store and having the installer "just work" in a modern GUI.
You have to admit, FreeBSD is lacking in this area. It would be a
boon.

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> wrot=
e:
> Vance Siemens <vance.siemens@gmail.com> writes:
>> Can you share a brief overview of what's wrong with it?
>
> Umm, it's about as factual as The Onion, except not as funny. =C2=A0FreeB=
SD
> never had to "jettison two thirds of its code base and start from
> scratch". =C2=A0Apple is not involved in FreeBSD development. =C2=A0No Ma=
c OS X or
> Darwin version "includes" FreeBSD. =C2=A0FreeBSD and Mac OS X will never
> merge. =C2=A0FreeBSD 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. =C2=A0The remains of Walnut Creek CD-ROM and BSDI are now known as
> FreeBSD Mall and iXsystems (of PC-BSD and FreeNAS fame).
>
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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