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On Jun 7, 2008, at 1:56 AM, Kostik Belousov wrote:
> Comparing us with, e.g., Solaris, we would not find a lot of  
> difference
> in the support model. Althought they formally provide patches for

Huh?  I'm totally not saying that you should be trying to match the  
support model of a large corporation, this statement is outright  
wrong.  I can still get security patches for Solaris 2.8 which shipped  
almost 6 years ago now.

Again, I'm not saying that 6 years is reasonable for FreeBSD - just  
pointing out that the statement is invalid.

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Jo Rhett
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