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> References: <CAOgwaMvsv3e1TxDauV038Pp7LRiYeH7oAODE%2Bw-pxHt9oGrXMA@mail.gmail.com> <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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