From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 21 19:44:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23FE116A46E for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF32213C474 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5A61A000B13 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:11:43 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Q1bG0c+qqidg for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:11:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from coal (s10.sbo [192.168.0.10]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B6491A000B1A for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:11:36 -0800 (PST) From: Freddie Cash Organization: School District 73 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:11:35 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711211111.35350.fjwcash@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [alerts@infosecnews.org: [ISN] Top Ten Reasons Why Ubuntu, Is Best for Enterprise Use] X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:44:51 -0000 On November 21, 2007 10:34 am David Naylor wrote: > I really, really must be missing something. Could someone please > explain this to me: > Why use open source if you do not even compile from source. All Linux > distributions (with the exception of Gentoo which was inspired by > FreeBSD) distributes binary packages for primary consumption. What is > the difference between that and using Windows binary programs? In > both cases the source code does not take a part... They also provide source packages where you can see the source code, and compile your own packages from that source. The process is different from using the ports tree, and it isn't advertised as much, but the option is there and lots of people use it. -- Freddie Cash, LPIC-2 CCNT CCLP Network Support Technician School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fjwcash@gmail.com