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OSSs lacking info
Big fun time.
It seems that pages related to free, open source operating systems aren't that informative. It's all well and good to have basic stuff like histories of projects, but sometimes I think it'd be nice to have details regarding the capabilities, and future directions of the various systems. I am doing what I can, but it's a really big job. Check out the new "string cleaning" stuff on this page for an example of something that might be better handled by a full-time programmer. --MJA
OpenBSD Criticisms
OpenBSD is sometimes critisized for using Solaris on their main webserver. --Krik 09:19, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Only by those who haven't troubled to read the FAQ: Why does www.openbsd.org run on Solaris? (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#wwwsolaris). I don't think that constitutes a criticism worth reporting. --Penfold 13:19, 2004 Apr 30 (UTC)
- In other words, they aren't running Solaris on their servers, but the people who host OpenBSD do, right? -- Maru Dubshinki
Logo Permissions
Theo de Raadt gave me a permission to include a picture with OpenBSD logo. Click "Sloven?čina" at the main article to se it --193.2.136.41 12:57, 25 May 2004 (UTC)
Deletion
Why was the information regarding K&R->ANSI conversion reverted? I don't think removing people's work without reason is beneficial. --Generic Player
- I'm guessing it came across as a subtle dig at other OSS/FS OS projects. A more neutral reword would simply mention that this K&R-to-ANSI code replacement is a goal of the project. --Korpios 06:12, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- A decent rewrite would state why. -- Maru Dubshinki
Schism background
Can anyone provide some background on the OpenBSD/NetBSD schism? It seems to be near impossible to find actual information on it that's not presented from one particular point of view... -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 23:42, 6 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Theo's webpage has an archive of the email conversation which caused him to leave. Text (http://zeus.theos.com/deraadt/coremail) HTML (http://zeus.theos.com/deraadt/coremail.html) --Darrien 16:05, 2005 Jan 7 (UTC)
- I know. I tried reading that, too, but frankly, it's not useful, for three reasons at least: a) some emails from conversations threads are left out, even though they are replied to / quoted later on. b) it's so badly formatted / presented that it makes you wonder whether there even was any intent to make it readable. c) it's just one side's presentation, namely that of Theo - what I'm looking for is something that's a neutral account of what has actually happened. Thanks, though. -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 23:40, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks. That seemed rather POV, too, but at least it was readable. ^_~ --Schnee (cheeks clone) 05:05, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- That article is extremely biased, saying things like "OpenBSD is everything NetBSD is, plus more" and trying to convince the reader that Theo was victimized by evil core. Which he probably was, but the article is still presenting only one side of the story. And the author has serious misunderstandings about the potential for code-sharing between forks and the licensing of the Linux kernel. About the only nice thing you can say is that it was readable. --Yath 01:30, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)