From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 21 9:52:45 2000 From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 09:52:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E1D37B402 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:52:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBLHqca07963; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:52:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:52:38 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Dennis Cc: Marco van de Voort , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT Message-ID: <20001221095238.R19572@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20001220192150.01f42450@mail.etinc.com> <20001221104823.6BE7C96EC@toad.stack.nl> <5.0.0.25.0.20001221120837.022ab0a0@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20001221120837.022ab0a0@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 12:45:09PM -0500 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Dennis [001221 09:41] wrote: > > What "hurts" the tree is all of the crappy source and proprietory bullshit > that finds it way into the "tree" netgraph, half-baked bridging, filtering > stuff...these should all be add-ons with specific hooks so that users can > chose between the "Free stuff" and commercially available modules. For the > source weenies, they can use the "all source" solutions, while companies > who want superior functionality can pay for commercially supported solutions. Heh, like Firewall-1 vs ipfilter? Seriously, I don't have much of a problem with closed source technology, but I really think you're smoking crack if you're stating that just because something is closed, proprietary and expensive that somehow equates to better functionality. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message