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Date:      Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:11:32 -0400
From:      Chris Nehren <apeiron+freebsd-stable@isuckatdomains.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ?
Message-ID:  <20120601181132.GG15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120601175645.GP42080@manor.msen.com>
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 13:56:45 -0400 , Michael R. Wayne wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:03:26AM -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote:
> > 
> > If you are NOT using FreeBSD for any area or some areas , would you please
> > list those areas with most important first to least important last ?
> 
> As mentioned by several others, once you have a single applicaiton
> that demands Windows, you are mostly stuck running windows.
> 
> My single biggest complaint about FreeBSD is that there appears to
> be absolutely no interest by anyone associated with the core team
> in supporting one version for an extended period. Extended, in this
> case, meaning 10+ years. Support meaning patching security
> vulnerabilities and permitting ports to build. It does not matter
> that that version will not run on current hardware or have new
> features as long as it can continue to run on the original hardware.

Show me one volunteer Unix OS with a 10+ year support infrastructure.

-- 
Thanks and best regards,
Chris Nehren



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