Interview with Matthew Dillon of DragonFly BSD

JigSaw writes "Well-known FreeBSD/DragonFly/Linux/Amiga system hacker Matthew Dillon discusses a number of interesting points regarding where the BSDs are going, the status and goals of his latest project DragonFly BSD, the status of his innovative Backplane distributed database, his exciting plans to develop DragonFly into a transparently cluster-capable system implementing native SSI (Single System Image) which is something that no other operating system can do today, and more."

I guess that'll show em.

[AltGrendel]

BSD isn't dead.

Re:Different threading model

[Anonymous Coward]

No BSD secrets for you, Darl!

Here we go again

[Blair16]

Queue the BSD is dead posts.
Why can't we all just get along??

Re:What?!

[RLiegh]

It's official. ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/iso confirms it. FreeBSD 4.x is dying. kreskin... usenet... falling dead last in the number of ISO's distributed on ftp.freebsd.org ....all practical purposes...stephen king is dead.

Re:Different threading model

[Mr. Darl McBride]

No BSD secrets for you, Darl!

It is important that I discover what they have created so that I may license it back to them.

~Darl

Divide and conquer

[florin]

Yeah yeah forking is always sweet and this sure sounds like a lot of fun already, but what I'm really waiting for is for someone to put together a BSD-from-scratch distribution! I mean, I know I could just build one with Linux.. BUT only having a single kernel to choose means my grimy little subculture won't be as obscure as it could be. Just think how exclusive I'd be if I could pick one of the NetBSD, OpenBSD, either of the active branches of FreeBSD, and PicoBSD, Dragonfly BSD or Darwin kernels..

Amazing.

[xeeno]

There's actually something on the front page about BSD. And it says nothing about SCO or linux.

Re:Here we go again

[buffer-overflowed]

Because BSD users have a mascot called "Beastie" who is a devilish little chap and they use "daemons" to accomplish things that seem like magic to normal people.

So, you see, it's obvious... BSD made a deal with the devil! And it's users weigh the same as ducks, therefor they are made of wood, and since they're made of wood, they are witches!

I mean, didn't you ever wonder why we call them "holy wars"?

The Ballad of Matthew Dillon

[Anonymous Coward]

The once was a fellow named Dillon
Whose Dragonfly project was illin'.
He found, to his dread,
His *BSD dead
And Linux was doin' the killin'.

Re:I guess that'll show em.

[ScrewMaster]

This is Slashdot, where any sufficiently advanced opinion is indistinguishable from fact.

Re:Something no other OS can do?

[Anonymous Coward]

same folks at HP have introduced OpenSSI, which is essentially the same code, less all the Unixware-related bits, ported to Linux and placed under the GPL.

This looks like much stronger grounds for a lawsuit than anything IBM did. Kiss your UNIX licence good-bye HP!!

Re:Not by a long shot.

[Anonymous Coward]

> a number of reasons, Linux wouldn't be what it is today without the BSD's.

That's true. Linus hung out in the BSD maillists for a while and learned how not to run a project.

Re:Very interesting!

[null-sRc]

>I'm surprised people still use BSD after that
>security fiasco last year.

so what do u suggest windows? LOL
sorry ;)

Re:The Ballad of Matthew Dillon

[kfg]

There once was a Master of Screws
Who thought it most wonderful news
That the AC's post
was more funny than most
But not all mods agreed with his views.

KFG

Re:The Ballad of Matthew Dillon

[VValdo]

There once was a fellow named Dillon [imdb.com]
Whom everyone thought was a villain [aboutmary.com],
He cried, "That's not me!"
"I use BSD!"
"Because I find it fulfillin'."

W

Re:Here we go again

[Ashish Kulkarni]

heh, you might want to take a look at this joke. [netfunny.com] ;-)

Re:SSI?

[funwithBSD]

Yeah, rules out OpenVMS too...

I am always amazed at the rockin' shit OpenVMS can do... just about everything that DragonFly is suggesting... plus the fact that a hacker that got in would likely just say WTF? and log out.

Re:Divide and conquer

[Rick the Red]

Attention Moderators:

If my post was "Flamebait" then answer my question: Who actually uses GNU/HURD? The GNU guys don't even use it! [netcraft.com] That's a statement of fact, not a flame. I certainly don't expect them to use anything that's not released under the GPL, so their use of Linux is no real surprise, but given Stallman's history with the whole "Linux" vs "GNU/Linux" thing I'm assuming he'd use GNU/HURD if it was any good.