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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:26:34 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DJBDNS vs. BIND
Message-ID:  <20010219002634.J6641@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010218235023.A95040@dragon.nuxi.com>; from TrimYourCc@NUXI.com on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 11:50:24PM -0800
References:  <200102190547.WAA12829@usr05.primenet.com> <3A90CA94.D7CBCB65@softweyr.com> <20010218233916.J28286@lizzy.bugworks.com> <20010218235023.A95040@dragon.nuxi.com>

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* David O'Brien <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> [010218 23:51] wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 11:39:16PM -0800, Jos Backus wrote:
>
> > I can't help getting the impression that people don't care to give djbdns a
> > proper look because of the way they perceive its author. Who cares what kind
> > of personality the author has, as long as the code works and is
> > well-supported?
> 
> WE care if it has a license against the BSD philosophy.  Period.

There's that, but where's the years of auditing and real world use
to back up the decision to include this code in our base system?

Sure bind has had its problems, but all djbdns seems to have is
obfucation and a small userbase as merits.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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