From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 6 21:42:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD1FE106564A for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:42:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 620EF8FC15 for ; Wed, 6 Jun 2012 21:42:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werg1 with SMTP id g1so5897744wer.13 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:42:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to :x-gm-message-state; bh=QjFBcSvG/eWVXwTZzyf0yHSMQ0ulT01e/4rT+u4FaCU=; b=pzuUEMgx/G6uwO3zYm/pbmps7p212ibLBljnF/hyTHgTYXM1HH39pAK8hYzCIciswo GBjMqKKIXuzeQ/Lm7LORDnCE/arGIicpcHUm1mep+8yrqVnlfShhOdsJn2B8fQSfQCiN x/NBoVro33/wWAtQc9tlj04CaH2SYDpxi/KMxqM6shwdykLVNZ8lVOvrT7nRV2DnmLdq Oi+q0kDjIf0O/hx7jyRMim/TVHHLcStRExrTQR6HdPSazynUD/BnrzVrPbtUmhSYpluo 2ORbKmVaXYA5SvMFPVtfYFZS887JfFW6gtoNH+cuT9owaD1lso4cTNCP6gCw97qLEZX8 hfGA== Received: by 10.216.193.129 with SMTP id k1mr17255983wen.201.1339018966199; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.35.66.146] ([92.90.16.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i10sm3377208wiy.10.2012.06.06.14.42.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:42:45 -0700 (PDT) References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <0B9FF530-AAE8-4411-8B06-2AD5662CB803@my.gd> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9A405) From: Damien Fleuriot Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 23:42:37 +0200 To: "Dave U. Random" X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnjFSSi0m2lusljhQw+H9ZELJdsu+LcA6jUQd1Eja+9Pk2EvCEwMxhwTTGIhYCFCx29zc04 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:42:47 -0000 On 6 Jun 2012, at 21:52, Dave U. Random = wrote: > Polytropon wrote: >=20 >> On Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:47:11 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: >>> Having to pay Verisign instead of Microsoft makes no difference: the >>> point is why should I have to pay anything to a third party in order to >>> run whatever OS I want on a piece of hardware I own? >=20 > It's time to dump the Intel/Microshaft mafia forever. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, > NetBSD, and even Linux have ports to many platforms. Why stay on Intel? It= 's > an overgrown ugly mess. >=20 > We need to stop buying Intel mafiaware with preinstalled Microshaft mafiwa= re > and run a free (or in the case of Linux "apparently free") OS on free > hardware. >=20 > There are increasing numbers of SBCs and plenty of used servers on > Ebay. They're all built better than commodity Intel mafiaware. Good > riddance! >=20 You have no idea what you're talking about. This kind of religious propaganda post is neither constructive nor helpful. I don't trust AMD with my servers' CPUs, not since many years ago when they h= ad all these overheating problems.=