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Date:      Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:45:40 -0700
From:      Kip Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org>
To:        Daniel Bolgheroni <me@dbolgheroni.eng.br>
Cc:        Holger Kipp <hk@alogis.com>, Michal <michal@sharescope.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Open Vs Free BSD
Message-ID:  <3c1674c90906221145r5859316cvb63fe6a893f22c4a@mail.gmail.com>
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freebsd-stable is not an advocacy list. This is very off-topic.





On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Daniel Bolgheroni<me@dbolgheroni.eng.br> w=
rote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Holger Kipp wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 09:47:35AM +0100, Michal wrote:
>>
>> For the masses:
>>
>> - NetBSD: Run on any hardware (including toasters)
>> - OpenBSD: Be as secure as possible
>> - FreeBSD: provide best system for x86-platforms
>
> It's a mistake to make this association.
>
> OpenBSD people chose "security" as an argument to describe what the OS
> is. It's true and I believe it can attract more users, but on the other
> side, people seem to think OpenBSD is ONLY used when you need security,
> like a firewall, router, etc.
>
> OpenBSD is a GENERIC OS which can be used to do _almost_ every task a
> computer system is able to.
>
> Teers,
>
> --
> Daniel Bolgheroni <me@dbolgheroni.eng.br>
> FEI - Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial
> http://www.dbolgheroni.eng.br/mykey
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