From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 2 14:21:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0BDB1065672 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:21:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rflynn@acsalaska.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 910328FC1C for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (squeeze.lan.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.30]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2E077E847 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 06:21:41 -0800 (AKDT) Message-ID: <4FCA2172.6080307@acsalaska.net> Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:21:38 +0200 From: Mel Flynn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120428 Thunderbird/12.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:21:43 -0000 On 1-6-2012 20:57, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > We used to have FreeBSD exclusively on desktops... > > Now, we have migrated to other desktops (mac) with FreeBSD running > the build and file server... > > Why? > > Because - the mac updates itself! No pain, no installation, > no keeping-up with mailing lists/announcements, just and its done. Aren't PC-BSD's PBI's working the same way? I know it is their goal. Have you evaluated that? If so, what were your experiences? -- Mel