From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 18:05:11 2011 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 D83E0106566C for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:05:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=418000f4c7=dave.robison@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB858FC17 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:05:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (ltcfislmsgpa01 [127.0.0.1]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id p6IGeXZu016061 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:53:37 -0500 Received: from sbhfisltcgw07.fnfis.com ([10.132.248.135]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com with ESMTP id xmqxrg3hu-1 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:53:37 -0500 Received: from sbhfisltcgw02.FNFIS.COM ([10.132.248.122]) by SBHFISLTCGW07.FNFIS.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:53:37 -0500 Received: from lefty.vicor.com ([10.132.254.136]) by sbhfisltcgw02.FNFIS.COM over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 18 Jul 2011 12:53:36 -0500 Message-ID: <4E247311.5030903@fisglobal.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:53:21 -0700 From: "Robison, Dave" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110120 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jul 2011 17:53:36.0847 (UTC) FILETIME=[9E6E0DF0:01CC4573] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813, 1.0.211, 0.0.0000 definitions=2011-07-18_03:2011-07-18, 2011-07-18, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:51:14 +0000 Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: david.robison@fisglobal.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:05:11 -0000 Using primarily FreeBSD, and in fact, still FreeBSD 4.11 (we are in the process of upgrading to 8.x now), our systems moved well over 1.6 trillion dollars in business to business financial transactions last year. I'd hardly call that irrelevant. On 07/17/2011 04:10, Jerry wrote: > While I usually consider Slashdot nothing more than a bunch of > juveniles ranting against Microsoft; however, I did find this rather > interesting post this morning. > > "Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore" > > > > Interestingly enough, a great deal of it is true. It might be > interesting to know how others feel about it. Obviously, asking that > question on this forum is like playing against a stacked deck; however, > it still might prove interesting. > -- Dave Robison Sales Solution Architect II FIS Banking Solutions 510/621-2089 (w) 530/518-5194 (c) 510/621-2020 (f) daver@vicor.com david.robison@fisglobal.com ______________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.