Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 06:34:23 -1000 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot banner project Message-ID: <17015.43023.924186.422635@roam.psg.com> References: <57436.216.177.243.42.1114582155.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050426233321.084e9210@cobalt.antimatter.net> <51899.216.177.243.42.1114584317.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050427001118.0327cd50@cobalt.antimatter.net> <52515.216.177.243.42.1114586501.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <d904a5e7050428062443496e3@mail.gmail.com> <61359.216.177.243.35.1114722481.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> <20050429105416.GA94049@wedge.madpilot.net> <d904a5e705042912342621236b@mail.gmail.com> <20050502195456.GA1226@uk.tiscali.com>
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> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 02:34:40PM -0500, John Sconiers wrote: >> Several years ago after being a FreeBSD fan / contributor since ~1995 I >> left FreeBSD because I didn't have the time with kids and all. During >> that time I was a unix / storage ps guy for two fortune 500 companies >> (One was a vendor of another Unix OS). I was also "forced" to work with >> Linux in production settings. I come back ~three years later and on the >> surface things haven't changed. The boot banner, installation program, >> etc, etc, hasn't changed. > > Personally I find that to be a big plus, not a minus. > > One of the reasons I ditched Linux several years ago was the way Linux > shifts constantly. A good example is the firewalling code: once upon a > time there was ipfw. Then that was replaced by ipfwadm. Then that was > discarded, and replaced by ipchains. Which in turn was discarded and > replaced by iptables. (Or was that the other way round? I don't follow it > closely these days) yep. another way: this sounds as if you see freebsd as a workhorse production system as opposed to a hobby where the more of your time it absorbs the better it is. randy
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