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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2235 comp.os.linux.misc:12446 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!cf-cm!cybaswan!iiitac From: iiitac@uk.ac.swan.pyr (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <1994Apr5.120507.6543@uk.ac.swan.pyr> Organization: Swansea University College References: <JKH.94Apr4025000@whisker.hubbard.ie>> <MAGNUS.94Apr4201634@haukugle.ii.uib.no> <Cnryws.7vo@hippo.ru.ac.za> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 12:05:07 GMT Lines: 15 In article <Cnryws.7vo@hippo.ru.ac.za> csgr@cs.ru.ac.za writes: >In <MAGNUS.94Apr4201634@haukugle.ii.uib.no> magnus@haukugle.ii.uib.no (Magnus Y Alvestad) writes: >>Who needs a core team? > >The idea of having a "core team" is basically a good one - these are >the people who coordinate the direction which the OS is taking, build Linux definitely has a 'core' of developers, they just have a formal 'core team' name. You only need to look at the SCSI drivers, the net drivers, the networking, ext2fs etc to see each module has a core person or team, or in some cases has passed down through such teams. Unlike the way the BSD organisation seems to be, it is a core per major module with a Linus on the top of the pile. Alan