Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:34:43 -0600 (CST) From: Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.us> To: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why aren't you using FreeBSD? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111150430060.4210@spectre.catonic.us> In-Reply-To: <CABPMKoX0pyC-8P%2BFAzamUQf-G7zehWho7p8H2=e=Pca3CPmDBQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABPMKoX0pyC-8P%2BFAzamUQf-G7zehWho7p8H2=e=Pca3CPmDBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2011, Alex Moura wrote: > Why aren't you using FreeBSD? > http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/why-arent-you-using-freebsd-178119?page=0,1 Because being able to upgrade the system "hot" using a package manager makes my life easy. Having a userland tied to a kernel means if I update one ahead of the other, I can impact the user's operations. Ditto for graceful upgrades of libc. My customers don't want the service down for anything without a month's notice and three meetings. Why reboot the box unless there's a kernel vulnerability, not a library or userland vuln? I love FreeBSD, but at the end of the day, being able to "yum install beer" or "apt-get install yuengling" gives me more time for beer and less time awake in the middle of the night. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
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