From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Jan 27 20:39:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from majordomo2.umd.edu (majordomo2.umd.edu [128.8.10.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AC16158C1 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:39:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from howardjp@wam.umd.edu) Received: from rac9.wam.umd.edu (root@rac9.wam.umd.edu [128.8.10.149]) by majordomo2.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA20645; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:39:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from rac9.wam.umd.edu (sendmail@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rac9.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id XAA15665; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:39:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (howardjp@localhost) by rac9.wam.umd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA15661; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:39:38 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: rac9.wam.umd.edu: howardjp owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:39:38 -0500 (EST) From: James Howard To: Wes Peters Cc: "James A. Mutter" , freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another advocacy opportunity In-Reply-To: <38910A46.73EE0191@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > FreeBSD is developed by a group of nearly 200 volunteers who work on > an ongoing basis to ensure its reliability and stability. Two > separate versions or ``branches'' are developed simultaneously. The > FreeBSD-STABLE branch is targeted at end users and professionals. The > FreeBSD-CURRENT branch where the leading edge development occurs, and > is intended developers and testers. Important changes made to the ^for > CURRENT branch migrate to the STABLE branch after significant testing > and review. > > With over 100 updates, additions, and bug fixes made to the two > branches each day, several easy and simple means of keeping a FreeBSD > installation updated have been developed, each with a distinct niche. > Additionally, daily snapshots of both branches are released via the > Internet for testing and usage, as well as regularly scheduled > releases. I like this a lot more than what I had. Fixing the minor problem above, I'll replace the current text with this if nobody says anything by morning. Does this count as writing by committee? :) I am posing this question again: How can I explain why the FreeBSD security model is better than Linux/WinNT/Solaris/whatever. I find it difficult to explain and think that means it will be difficult to understand for someone not steeped in the culture. Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message