From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 20:54:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406A01065687 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:54:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A338FC0C for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:54:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd7ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.161]) by pd7mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 12 Dec 2008 13:54:48 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=fCDt2eMLAAAA:8 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=64zKFOMm1KrUyDtUegcA:9 a=rU50gNDNCzx1_y7WttQA:7 a=kMiRvePa9OfbQmySHvRtjnPyG-kA:4 a=D02SvSX6Ox4A:10 a=hMM2GHGroxMA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd7ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 12 Dec 2008 13:54:48 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8EB61701E for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:54:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:54:46 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081212125446.13a4c186@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20081212212931.F5072@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <1228733482.4495.14.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081211103742.21621a6d@gom.home> <20081211190951.GB845@comcast.net> <20081211113257.405a082c@gom.home> <20081211202023.GC845@comcast.net> <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081212002813.GD32300@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212203202.H4803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212150228.520ad7f8@scorpio> <20081212212931.F5072@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:54:49 -0000 On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:35:59 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > They do this to hide their hardware faults that way - that's the true > reason they do this. > this is really interesting. so the 'trade secrets' is largely a smoke-screen. i imagine this would also apply to propriety software as well? this is an interesting article which supports this as well as some other matters: The open and closed case http://www.spider.tm/sep2006/cstory2.html "There are even reports of propriety software introducing new bugs or failing to resolve an existing one. Plus, in case of OSS there are no marketing tactics to be followed unlike closed source companies who may not reveal (or may not even know) the exact number of security flaws in their products." -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's