01373nas a2200133   4500008004100000022001400041245004400055210004300099260004200142520097800184100001901162700002201181856003601203       2008                        eng d  a1913-610200aCommunity Building: NetBSD in Hindsight0 aCommunity Building NetBSD in Hindsight  aOttawabTalent First Networkc10/20083 aThe NetBSD Project is one of the oldest modern open source software projects. It provides an operating system that runs on over 50 hardware architectures (also called ports), including the IBM PC, Motorola PowerPC, and Sun UltraSPARC machines. Founded in May of 1993, the project has supported the operating system's active development and managed contributions from thousands of individuals.

Prior to the New York City BSD Users Group Conference held in October, 2008, NetBSD developers from across the globe held a face to face meeting for planning and problem solving. Four developers from Sweden, Canada, the US, and Slovakia took a few minutes to think about how the NetBSD community has evolved over the past fifteen years. This article summarizes those perspectives and provides insight into how an open source community maintains development momentum while managing contributions from a large number of volunteers with varying skill levels from across the globe.1 aMaxwell, David1 aSedlacik, Lubomir  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/195