>On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Dominguez, Roland ><roland.doming...@tamucc.edu> wrote: >> I just came across this article and was wondering if it's legit: >> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenBSD-forked-to-create-Bitrig-161695 >> 4.html > >Yes, it's legit and it reflects the reality of the facts
Except for the fact that it is bullshit. They started the fork because they got kicked out because one developer (Marco) hired 5 other developers for his startup company, and attempted to hire around 10 other developers in a sneaky and underhanded way. They were told, oh i forget they were "asked", to not tell anyone else in OpenBSD that this was happening, probably because people "including Theo" would be upset. Funny thing is, I've never been upset about the 20+ OpenBSD and ex-OpenBSD developers who now work for google. Previously, many of those developers were in critical positions in the development team. As they were suddenly hired with such terms and conditions, they became more scarce in OpenBSD -- perhaps because they suddenly got real busy with work, but also to avoid telling others that this was happening. Various projects lagged. To avoid telling a lie, they instead chose to not tell the truth. It had effects. It was dishonest of them to not tell their co-developers that they were creating vacuums in the development process. So because of those decisions, they are now gone from OpenBSD. And now they miss it. So now, all these guys who work for the same company have started a fork. And it is directed by the guy who hired them in the first place. >From where I stand, that is the truth. Yet none of that is in that article, because the truth hurts, doesn't it guys?
