From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 18:11:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA32106564A for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:11:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apeiron@isuckatdomains.net) Received: from isuckatdomains.net (unknown [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:4::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBBA98FC15 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 18:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isuckatdomains.members.linode.com (isuckatdomains.net [74.207.243.179]) by isuckatdomains.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA44F45AB0 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:11:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:11:32 -0400 From: Chris Nehren To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120601181132.GG15877@isuckatdomains.members.linode.com> References: <20120601175645.GP42080@manor.msen.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120601175645.GP42080@manor.msen.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? 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: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:11:34 -0000 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