Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:28:57 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool Message-ID: <20111223192857.GA15456@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20111223190610.GX13272@e-new.0x20.net> References: <CAOgwaMsxg=PDnRVtq3Oz7wzcX%2B=KxsciMWti9J0GBQ7BXpe06A@mail.gmail.com> <20111223173059.42c16b05@mail.ose.nl> <20111223190610.GX13272@e-new.0x20.net>
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--azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Dec-23 20:06:10 +0100, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: >On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 06:30:59PM +0100, Bas Smeelen wrote: >> _but_ FreeBSD is not a distribution >> It is *a complete operating system* >> Happy holidays > >And the D in BSD is for? ;-) FreeBSD is a complete operating system _derived_from_ the Berkeley Software Distribution that used to be available from the now-defunct UCB CSRG. The "BSD" in FreeBSD acknowledges its roots. And on-topic - yes, the timing sucks (especially since I'm one of the people reading this on the Saturday commencing a long holiday period) but I think the SO made the right call. Hopefully, this was all that was holding up 9.0-RELEASE and RE will be giving us a more welcome Xmas present. --=20 Peter Jeremy --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk701nkACgkQ/opHv/APuIcxnQCePOj0PeBsMzSLBwhuh9JzQ7q1 01gAnRdfwkqE4lcxFrN7AdhTGQ3UTMU3 =Z0f3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU--
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