Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:30:33 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mark Felder <feld@feld.me>, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle Message-ID: <CADLo8390QYDJFhtb=aeB8p9RC8rtvkpty=v3FPJ%2Bws=3zbVSPQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADWvR2hpqJezVfR5F4z4VrRjoVV8vWCt7XPb0dHJZkT_7dwJDw@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112211415580.19710@kozubik.com> <op.v78i3yxi34t2sn@tech304> <4F15C44F.1030208@freebsd.org> <03da01ccd603$94aca490$be05edb0$@fisglobal.com> <CADWvR2hpqJezVfR5F4z4VrRjoVV8vWCt7XPb0dHJZkT_7dwJDw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 18 Jan 2012 17:12, "Igor Mozolevsky" <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk> wrote: > On 18 January 2012 17:06, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > >> hackers@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Julian Elischer > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:56 AM > >> To: Mark Felder > >> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and l= ifecycle > >> > > [snip] > > > >> Where I used to work (Devin Teske is now there) =A0we used to use the = 'stable' > >> branch and rolll our own releases. > >> the criticality of those systems was hard to over-emphasize. In 2005 w= e worked > >> out we processed 1.5 trillion dollars of transactions on those systems= . > >> > > > > Got new stats. In 2011 we ran $1.61T USD through FreeBSD. > > > > Separately, we ran another $0.05T USD through Linux in the same year. > > > > Kinda says something about, doesn't it? > > Sorry to burst your bubble but this is utterly meaningless statistic. > You show nothing but correlation and in no way a causation. Back in > the days when the UK banks ran ATMs, &c on Windows NT (I have no idea > what they are running now) they went through a lot more "value" than > that---means absolutely nothing... > Well.... I've not seen any BSOD'd cashpoints around for a while, so I'd like to suggest they may have switched. Chris
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