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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:01:44 -0400
Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> wrote:

> Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Some people enjoy doing that.  Most people just want the software to work, 
> > be easy to maintain and upgrade and then stay out of their way.   
> 
> Ahem, and that 'just works' crowd is generally not found using FreeBSD or in 
> an admin capacity. :-)

of course, but it doesn't mean that an experienced admin wouldn't prefer an easy (ports is easy), configurable (it is too), and reliable (it is) option to rolling everything on his/her own....

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