DragonFlyBSD
I've been spending some time looking over the DragonFlyBSD project, which honestly is kind of exciting, even if it doesn't change the world™.
Depending on who you ask, the *BSD's are either in a big transition period, waiting to come into their own, or they are in their last throes of death, and the bright spots you see are simply death gurgles. Either one could probably be right really, or somewhere in the middle, who knows.
There's been a lot of consolidation going on, so a new fork is kind of interesting, and this one seems to really be going for fundamental changes in how the *bsd's are going to handle scaling in general, due to a pretty large difference of opinion on how to procede.
The only downside is the guy behind it has a reputation as being brilliant but has a problem playing well with others. Perhaps he'll come into his own in this sort of situation.
There's a lot of better information at their site, under "Goals", and its worth a read if you're into that sort of thing.
Posted by drunkenbatmanJanuary 04, 2004, at 07:45 PM
