From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 17:47:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2AA106564A for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:47:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD228FC13 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:47:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk9 with SMTP id 9so738913qyk.13 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:47:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=jLmF1Rsz9oq1E8F+LWBMoZ+aCKlclHCUu7XBo8p7Fus=; b=SZuS9wmfK5BOUBmIzA73cdRDO7E/4pCO2Hs+6JKBknx9wr7ekWBaJh+b7Pgw02WBMz pDOGM2koqN8uJXy7wyAfgKdz2E7WOuTr56o5lVq75sg0Mjlazubv0rGQ1/OwgeJabwzw L2Ys2KnsKR+ju0pmjh6brUQ6ODSand/BHYsn4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.200.3 with SMTP id eu3mr504103qab.279.1314812829435; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.37.83 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:47:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E5CAD9E.6050903@rktmb.org> References: <4E5941D6.9090106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5BEF65.2010502@gmail.com> <4E5CAD9E.6050903@rktmb.org> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:47:09 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Mihamina Rakotomandimby Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Volodymyr Kostyrko , freebsd Current Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:47:10 -0000 On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > On 08/29/2011 10:58 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: >> >> =A0If that page would be updated at least monthly giving fair comparison >> with other os'es it could serve a big pros list for preferring FreeBSD >> over other systems. > > I dont think a monthly update is the good solution. > A per release update is better, as far as releases bring a new set that > could be compared. > > Then, a deep knwoledge of the other OSes is required in order to keep > credit. I think it's a huge amount of work, that should be assigned to th= e > project itself. > > IMHO, Let's delegate this task to Wikipedia or StackOverflow... I disagree. Wikipedia isn't a good definitive source of knowledge. StackOverflow from what I've seen is good at answering questions, but not for advocating particular OSes. What we need is: 1. An advocate for FreeBSD. 2. One or more unbiased third parties who can talk about the pros and cons of FreeBSD vs other OSes. If our OS gets really good in some of the areas that have been identified as gaps, then the two groups will effectively converge over time. Thanks, -Garrett