Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:44:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: marcus@miami.edu (Joe "Marcus" Clarke) Cc: dg@root.com, bpechter@shell.monmouth.com, brett@lariat.org, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Swan song Message-ID: <199903301844.LAA16162@usr06.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9903260958400.17577-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> from "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" at Mar 26, 99 10:05:05 am
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> > >I hate to say this, but Linux has won for the time being. > > >I'm considering a switch to NetBSD or Linux here at home because of > > >a number of problems with the direction FreeBSD has taken with the 3.x > > >and 4.x releases. > > > > What you please elaborate? What problems do you have with the direction > > we're going? > > Personally, I like the way FreeBSD is going. They have a -stable, and a > -current tree, they are committed to timely releases, bug fixes, new > features keeping with industry releases, and user input on release > schedules and feature deployment. I've actually converted three Linux > users in the past week because of FreeBSD's improved stability, better > software install model, and better driver support. This is who FreeBSD *is*; it has nothing whatsoever to do with where it's going. Where you are going has to do with your 1, 2, 5, and 10 year plans. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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