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> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 02:34:40PM -0500, John Sconiers wrote:
>> Several years ago after being a FreeBSD fan / contributor since ~1995 I
>> left FreeBSD because I didn't have the time with kids and all.  During
>> that time I was a unix / storage ps guy for two fortune 500 companies
>> (One was a vendor of another Unix OS).  I was also "forced" to work with
>> Linux in production settings. I come back ~three years later and on the
>> surface things haven't changed.  The boot banner, installation program,
>> etc, etc, hasn't changed.
> 
> Personally I find that to be a big plus, not a minus.
> 
> One of the reasons I ditched Linux several years ago was the way Linux
> shifts constantly. A good example is the firewalling code: once upon a
> time there was ipfw. Then that was replaced by ipfwadm. Then that was
> discarded, and replaced by ipchains. Which in turn was discarded and
> replaced by iptables. (Or was that the other way round? I don't follow it
> closely these days)

yep.  another way: this sounds as if you see freebsd as a workhorse
production system as opposed to a hobby where the more of your time
it absorbs the better it is.

randy