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Date:      Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:47:32 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Update 11.3 > 11.4
Message-ID:  <20200618134732.48b4c316.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:14:56 -0400, Jerry wrote:
> BTW, you use the term, "shiny", I prefer more advanced or mature, but
> that is not the important point here.

The point is that the use of those terms is intended, and
it illustrates a specific difference: "shiny new" often
refers to products that _claim_ to be advanced or mature,
or better or technically superior, while _not_ possessing
that property; using actual words like "advanced", "mature",
"secure", and the like _assures_ that those properies are
present in a product.

Reasoning: Just because a manufacturer claims his product
is better, or because his product is newer, or because the
product comes in a shiny package does _not_ prove, by any
means, that the product actually _is_ better.

Terminology, my dear Watson. ;-)



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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