Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:18:14 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "FreeBSD FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Microsoft Now OpenBSD Foundation Gold Contributor Message-ID: <25235.128.135.70.2.1436552294.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20150710140324.362fd648@seibercom.net> References: <BLU437-SMTP2B8F14BE7B4D30D13EC96809F0@phx.gbl> <559FF775.7030204@mgm51.com> <33650.128.135.70.2.1436549147.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20150710140324.362fd648@seibercom.net>
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On Fri, July 10, 2015 1:03 pm, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:25:47 -0500 (CDT), Valeri Galtsev stated: > >> On Fri, July 10, 2015 11:48 am, Mike wrote: >> > On 7/10/2015 12:43 PM, Carmel NY wrote: >> >> I wonder why they choose OpenBSD over FreeBSD? >> >> >> >> http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150708134520&mode=expanded&count=27 >> > >> > Probably is related to: >> > >> > http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150603090420 >> >> With all my scepticism I would more consider that as an excuse, implying >> the reason may be something like this: >> >> http://slashdot.org/story/10/12/15/004235/FBI-Alleged-To-Have-Backdoored-OpenBSDs-IPSEC-Stack >> >> (I didn't say exactly this, I said something like this...) So, I'm >> actually quite happy they didn't choose FreeBSD ;-) > > > Sorry but that is impossible. Many eyes makes FOSS software invulnerable > to > this sort of attack? Or, at least that is what fools like to believe. Say > any > lie enough times and some moron will believe it. > Yes I am a "moron" (at least on this instance), and do not take it as an offense, rather as a reciting of fact ;-) And the reason I steered away from OpenBSD towards FreeBSD was quite benign, and it was sooo long ago, so there was no speculation of any sort about any one of these two systems. It is probably bad that I feel happy about the fact they didn't choose FreeBSD, as FreeBSD team more than deserves monetary support... Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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