Re: What *should* the B in BSD stand for?

On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:59:17 -0500, "Ian Darwin" <[email protected]> said:

> Look, it's been made clear that the people who run the project are not
> interested in your idea for a name change, particularly because this
> project is called "OpenBSD", not Berkeley or anything else with a
> B. So please accept that your idea is not going to be implemented, and
>    move on. There's lots of code and/or docs that could be written.
>    Theo did actually say once: "Shut up and hack".
>
> People who refuse to accept the obvious, unfortunately, have a way of
> bringing out the worst in some of the developers.

I'm sorry, but you seem to be confused.  I'd never in a million years
expect Theo to rename the actual project!  That's not a possibility,
period.  How could you even think such a thing?!  Re-read my posts.
"Does anyone else ever wish the B in BSD stood for something else?"
That's just my humble opinion, wanting to see if anyone else feels
the same way.

I'm also a very big fan of the "shut up and hack" philosophy, and it's
one of the reasons OpenBSD is my favorite OS.  I haven't contributed to
it yet (even though I have a very long history of opening up my wallet
for things I believe in, and perhaps I could contribute in other ways as
well) precisely because of the political atmosphere that replies to this
conversation have been a perfect example of.