From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 19:26:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBD35106566C for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:26:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (adsl-074-168-200-170.sip.rmo.bellsouth.net [74.168.200.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513178FC14 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 19:26:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from office.dignus.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dignus.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q51IvqCj049344; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:57:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers@office.dignus.com) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by office.dignus.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q51IvqN3049343; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:57:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rivers) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:57:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <201206011857.q51IvqN3049343@office.dignus.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on office.dignus.com Cc: 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 19:26:57 -0000 We used to have FreeBSD exclusively on desktops... Now, we have migrated to other desktops (mac) with FreeBSD running the build and file server... Why? Because - the mac updates itself! No pain, no installation, no keeping-up with mailing lists/announcements, just and its done. Mac OS has a nice X11 server, the Mac UI is good enough, you don't have to install/update anything, the "app store" is perfect for downloading/installing whatever a desktop user might need. It was just too alluring... So, FreeBSD runs our NFS file server, and we log into a larger FreeBSD machine to do builds, etc... but, the desktop has moved. One developer here uses Linux Debian for about the same reason, it's trivial to update (via the network) to new versions, etc... Our web site used to be FreeBSD-based, but it was just too cost-effective to get a virtual Linux box on the backbone and move everything to that. Our requirements aren't too big, so that works beautifully. There _are_ people doing virtual FreeBSD boxes in a similar fashion, but they were quote a lot more for the annual fee.. so, Linux it was... I suppose, in some sense, you could argue that MacOS is FreeBSD... - Dave Rivers - -- rivers Work: (919) 676-0847 Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com