On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 05:52:52PM -0800, Frank Warren wrote:
> NetBSD seems to be losing critical mass.  Free, Open and Linux are picking
> it up.  True, if one has users, it is no longer one's private fiefdom and
> backyard sandbox.  But beyond a certain point, if the project is getting
> smaller (it seems to be after the last year), then it progressively becomes
> "Of course it runs NetBSD.  Now go away." and becomes an exercise in
> solitary masturbation.  If it's an OS nobody has, or wants much, what's the
> point?

That's odd, because from my viewpoint there's been _more_ work done in
the last 9-12 months. 

Several large projects were completed
A number of smaller new support features were added
pkgsrc - has allowed non-kernel hackers to make a greater contribution

I would say momentum is growing, if anything.

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