From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 3 07:06:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BD641065674 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:06:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (www.svzserv.kemerovo.su [213.184.65.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95878FC1B for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:06:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: from www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (eugen@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2375jF2019081; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:05:45 +0700 (KRAT) (envelope-from eugen@www.svzserv.kemerovo.su) Received: (from eugen@localhost) by www.svzserv.kemerovo.su (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m2375jYD019080; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:05:45 +0700 (KRAT) (envelope-from eugen) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:05:45 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein To: gregoryd.freebsd@free.fr Message-ID: <20080303070545.GA18242@svzserv.kemerovo.su> References: <1204151575.84335.3.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <1204310983.47c853c70577d@imp.free.fr> <47C89B18.8010803@infracaninophile.co.uk> <1BBD0D48B63AE41DF673F6C4@[10.110.3.211]> <1204381259.93575.15.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <20080302010048.5n293u9tic8cwww8@webmail.1command.com> <1204527716.47cba264d0240@imp.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1204527716.47cba264d0240@imp.free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "Chris H." Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:06:01 -0000 On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:01:56AM +0100, gregoryd.freebsd@free.fr wrote: > So what do you propose to use as workstations with your FreeBSD servers ? > > > (Not that I see much difference in philosophy, nowadays: servers used to be > those machines with high throughput all along the night, and now they tend to be > those over-reactive transactional n-tier service-providers. What's so different > with serving desktop-user requests... Sigh.) > > Anyway: are you deliberately proposing to concentrate on server, period. And to > hell with other users (if one can use FreeBSD to be desktop-productive so much > the better, but we shouldn't put too much effort in that) ? Do we really need another MacOS X? :-) Just kidding. Eugene