From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 9 16:48:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB59F106566B for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:48:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy7.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9E39A8FC15 for ; Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:48:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 5154 invoked by uid 0); 9 Jun 2012 16:48:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy7.bluehost.com with SMTP; 9 Jun 2012 16:48:56 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=imXJRxs67UXQvMDdWo856RKqnYFVH4ddid5EAg0v/5I=; b=oC5QNx76RwAX/vK7sCEDt+2oKXuZFlnEp/2vMSsD8GsHoQLP0iuO0yt1yelUqgiwcZCijCimFuRZIVwIi2uq532lCv3yVNbhiPgOFEZg7qmuLzmzCYPAAe7HkjBlnpIz; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=60293 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SdOqN-00078z-S9 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:48:55 -0600 Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 10:48:55 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120609164855.GB31721@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <0B9FF530-AAE8-4411-8B06-2AD5662CB803@my.gd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0B9FF530-AAE8-4411-8B06-2AD5662CB803@my.gd> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:48:56 -0000 On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:42:37PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:52, Dave U. Random wrote: > > > Polytropon wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:47:11 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >>> Having to pay Verisign instead of Microsoft makes no difference: the > >>> point is why should I have to pay anything to a third party in order to > >>> run whatever OS I want on a piece of hardware I own? > > > > It's time to dump the Intel/Microshaft mafia forever. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, > > NetBSD, and even Linux have ports to many platforms. Why stay on Intel? It's > > an overgrown ugly mess. > > > > We need to stop buying Intel mafiaware with preinstalled Microshaft mafiware > > and run a free (or in the case of Linux "apparently free") OS on free > > hardware. > > > > There are increasing numbers of SBCs and plenty of used servers on > > Ebay. They're all built better than commodity Intel mafiaware. Good > > riddance! > > > > You have no idea what you're talking about. > > This kind of religious propaganda post is neither constructive nor > helpful. It should be noted that your tone is neither constructive nor helpful, to say nothing of your contentless response. Do you have anything useful to say in response to what Dave U. Random contributed -- perhaps a thoughtful refutation of some specific point(s)? I hope you have more of value to contribute than your obvious disdain for people who disagree with you about something (without even specifying on what points you disagree). -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]