From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 20 16:33:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A30E37B41A for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:33:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.148.1]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20011221003322.KIAQ3849.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:33:22 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBL0XJn12209; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:33:19 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA04367; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:32:20 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:32:20 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Anthony Atkielski Cc: Jamie Oulman , Brad Knowles , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just lost one to Linux. Compaq server support. Message-ID: <20011221003220.B444@localhost> References: <20011219192206.J5735-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> <20011220011035.A18793@techsquare.com> <014a01c18927$f2270d60$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <014a01c18927$f2270d60$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 08:28:37AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 08:28:37AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Jamie writes: > > > that and redhat has yet to come > > close to a release thats as stable as 6.2. > > i think mainly because vendors are quick > > to release when the latest and greatest > > kernel/gnome/kde comes out. > > That is inevitable when a vendor is trying to make money. One of the > advantages of _truly_ open-source software is that nobody has any motivation > to come out with "upgrades" every few months, because they don't derive any > monetary advantage from doing so, and they do not have bills to pay. Sadly, even those who work on truly free software still have bills to pay :-( Or am I missing out on some big secret here? -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message