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--- Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote:
> 
> You know, I also wish we could
> 	sysctl kern.rfc748=1
> and then se our users smile happy smiles.

I accomplished the same with a Type-R sticker on my
computer case.

> Remember all those western movies where a sign were
> posted over the
> piano player:
> 
> 	Don't shoot the pianist,
> 	-- he's doing the best he can.
> 
> Well, if you look carefully, you'll see a similar
> sign hung over
> the FreeBSD committers.

Right right- I'm not shooting anyone whatsoever-
My comment comes from my view in to large commercial
users of FreeBSD-
I have frequent contact with many- across several
industries-
IMO, FreeBSD users have traditionally valued the
stability as paramount-
As such, none of these organizations has even touched
5.x-
The chicken-and-egg problem still persists :)


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