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Date:      Sat, 15 Jan 2005 15:44:52 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Freebsd0101@aol.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kris' World
Message-ID:  <20050115051452.GQ55001@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <67.3c455a91.2f19b183@aol.com>
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On Friday, 14 January 2005 at 18:36:35 -0500, Freebsd0101@aol.com wrote:

Do you have a name?

> In a message dated 1/14/05 5:56:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, kris@obsecurity.org writes:
>>> Why are you abandoning support for new hardware in 4.x when you
>>> admit that 5.x is not ready? It makes no sense at all.
>>
>> Jamie, you have a fundamental lack of understanding about how the
>> FreeBSD community works.  Unfortunately, this isn't something that can
>> be explained to someone like you, because you have your own fixed
>> ideas about how you think the world works and are not willing to
>> listen to any explanations of how reality differs.
>
> I know how linux, windows, openbsd and every other major open
> source project works,

Hmm.  I know the term "windows" is ambiguous, but in the past I've
always seen it used to refer to Microsoft "Windows".  What open source
project is called "windows"?

> and I know how FreeBSD used to work. I don't know of any other "open
> source" project that abandons its best version to spend 2 years
> working on a re-write. I dont know of any other project that works
> like that.

Agreed, Neither do I.  Which project are you talking about?

> How about a list of projects with an installed base similar to
> FreeBSD that "works" like that?

I don't think there are any.  That's too far from where FreeBSD is.

Greg
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