From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 14 23:50:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D351065676 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:50:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A63158FC13 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:50:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so980194ywe.13 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:50:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=E8yUPz8r4XtR3Ru+K/j2szPwJfE8/TDM8EqgY2crTkM=; b=VIDyHDhKLnl5e5amwjq9FWELVrrQz0sg2S9q/Auj9D4OgclKQdV0R3YI4zOAFFHglK 6xxCH6ftQCfZFjFceDP3o6Cm/epbRy5AtQOVU0bAiojWmuyE2eFLxj5Zn3tc/dXVXxiD IyxI8w3iwlAigRQOvaFoChJkUxvP/NOOfEAlU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; b=irjKGlynAM5XR0x+lYRpyvYQkReH3qBMByd8RfNTtWatwGMEwQoyV4fHJoO3u7Hn5/ GfmVGxMSzMQzPqqtRkgFWTywuZ9XJzZ+NO2dp8dn+aBiSiEbibLD1BEN9Y8pIGTjlALR xwpT16HfhLyaHJGAhqnRoLkQ+fZqUlL2qswy4= Received: by 10.150.192.4 with SMTP id p4mr9820961ybf.243.1229298607929; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:50:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.104? (adsl-074-245-053-043.sip.jax.bellsouth.net [74.245.53.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm11615092ywn.46.2008.12.14.15.50.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:50:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49459BAD.3070109@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:50:05 -0500 From: michael User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081125) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: perryh@pluto.rain.com References: <20081211190951.GB845@comcast.net> <20081211113257.405a082c@gom.home> <20081211202023.GC845@comcast.net> <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081212002813.GD32300@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211215036.526b2cad@gom.home> <20081212181148.GD36348@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212110745.7657ff59@gom.home> <20081212211111.GD37185@kokopelli.hydra> <4942D456.3050207@gmail.com> <49437a6b.UDOGOuQZN1pqH+/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <49437a6b.UDOGOuQZN1pqH+/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:50:09 -0000 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> after reading all these posts, i've still come up with this >> answer after looking .. >> "freebsd - the power to serve" >> > > Might one reasonably surmise that "the power to serve" implies > doing a good job of running server software? Like mail servers, > FTP servers, web servers, file servers, database servers, ssh > servers, even - gasp - X11 servers? > sure. but X11's motto is not X11 - the power of freebsd amd64 with nvidia card