On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Matthew Seaman <m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On 21/08/2011 05:13, Jorge Biquez wrote: >> if for some reason, I know it is impossible, but if for some reason >> FreeBSD would stop existing... serious users of FreeBSD, what would be >> your next OS? > > If the FreeBSD project disbanded (for some unimaginable reason), then I > guess I'd have to choose an OS based on one of the forks of FreeBSD code > base that would undoubtedly be created as a reaction to that. > > About the only thing that could conceivably cause FreeBSD to disband > would be some sort of deep schism and internecine conflict within the > developer community. Even so, the usual course is for one of the > schismatic groups to leave in a huff and start their own project, > leaving the rump of the original to lick its wounds and carry on.
We've survived the biggest schism so far: the dropping of Beastie as the default image in /boot/loader.conf and the introduction of the sex toy logo. Since the community could survive this dual tragedy, I'm optimistic it'll survive almost ANYTHING. :-) -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"