Haai, I think it's about time I write this.
I am De Zeurkous. I used the nick 'schaafuit' (originally devised for a prank elsewhere) in an attempt not to let past preconceptions (for those who don't know, I have a somewhat bad history with the NetBSD project) rule the present. The story about using my bf's e-mail address is true, however; the only act of deception was the assumption of another nick. Despite ongoing personal problems (which are not at all relevant here), I extended my UNIX experience considerably since 2007 (the year of the NetBSD trouble). Things have settled considerably for me since then, soI suggest that we let the past be the past and focus on what has been happening recently.
I admit to having some troll blood in my veins. However, I have been
here to contribute to OpenBSD discussion and have found myself genuinely
distraught the many times it descended into outright flamage. If that
makes me too soft material for OpenBSD, as Theo at least once implied,
well, so be it.
Now that is out of the way, I can get to the point.
In all honesty, I have come to the sad conclusion that the various BSD
projects, with their leaders being full of entitlement, don't really
appreciate what UNIX is all about (nevermind that gnu weenies are even
worse in this regard).
As dmr often pointed out (though perhaps not quite in the terms that I
will use here), UNIX is about community. I'd even argue that early UNIX
sites were like families, anticipating each other's needs and building
upon individual strenghts to achieve something that was not just
technically adequate, but something to be proud of. Unfortunately, I can
no longer verify this with dmr, but I'd imagine that UNIX did not just
feel familiar, but like something shared and even homely.
Unfortunately, UNIX development seems to have become profoundly
seperated from UNIX use. Whether related or not, it also appears to have
become a bare battle of egos, something that is quite alien to me, and
to UNIX itself as well.
I chose OpenBSD because of its somewhat desirable technical properties,
and I had hoped to be able to contribute. Alas, I am forced to concede
that for me this is not possible, as I appear to have quite different
goals (and a very different mindset) from its principal contributors,
despite my profound appreciation for the project's focus on security.
Now, by this point, you might suspect that I have some alternative in
mind, and possibly in development; this is indeed the case. You might
also suspect that I'm going to plug it here; however, I won't.
Since I have no particular desire to be a disruptive force to anyone,
I will leave you folks to your project.
And me to mine =)
Best of luck and greetings,
Baai,
--zeurkous.
P.S.: attached is a main(3) header file and manual page, as a little...
'going-away present'.
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