Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 07:52:09 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> Cc: Didier Derny <didier@omnix.net>, Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Let 3.x die ASAP? Message-ID: <200003291552.HAA18098@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:41:45 EST." <Pine.LNX.4.05.10003290328060.28083-100000@jason.argos.org>
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.05.10003290328060.28083-100000@jason.argos.org>, Mike No wlin writes: > A big chunk of what I like about FreeBSD compared to Linux is that there's > more accountability for specific parts of the system. Linus takes care of > the Linux kernel, but who knows who does the rest -- depending on what > release, by what distributor (Slackware, Redhat, etc.), finding library X > to update library Y to fix program Z can be a real pain... With FreeBSD, > you can easily find out who is responsible for various chunks of the > system. Even if he/she doesn't have a solution for your particular > problem, he'll generally have a good idea where to send you, or be willing > to fix the problem in the tree. That's one of the two reasons I switched from Linux to FreeBSD about five years ago. It looks like some things never change. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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