leizaola@hk.com (Maren S. Leizaola) wrote:
>
> I post this here in case you guys at NetApp have not seen it.
>
> http://bsd.slashdot.org/bsd/05/03/13/1847246.shtml?tid=137&tid=162&tid=172&tid=98&tid=8&tid=7
Well, I am glad to see that piece of trollery has now had a reply:
< Re:Network Appliance should donate a filer (Score:0)
< by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 15, @01:05PM (#11944946)
<
< The theory that "OnTap OS is BSD, has always been BSD" is not grounded
< in fact. While it is true that there is free UCB s/w included in OnTap,
< and NetApp has benefited from it, I can assure you that the "OS kernel"
< is NOT BSD. Or Mach. Or (insert favorite OS here). Since it has no
< "command set" per se, the commands also aren't from BSD.
<
< You'd have to ask some current NetApp person about the current list of
< components that are derived from free software, but when I was there
< (in the OnTap 6.0->6.4 timeframe), I can assure you that amount of
< BSD-derived code was quite small.
<
< Which isn't to say that NetApp shouldn't consider making a donation. But
< don't walk in telling NetApp that they "owe you" because they're using
< your OS to make money. Because they're not.
-- Chris Thompson Email: cet1@cam.ac.uk
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