From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 20 22:39:37 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 B0FE1106564A for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:39:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 459578FC08 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:39:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe4 with SMTP id 4so3502514fxe.13 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:39:36 -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; bh=HYvnwKtnDriTKMZeKBL8wHcXPQezm87zRpndxUnvDHQ=; b=Zg/TGvz4NYBqD0w/di+dECgIll0x2VYaLypffqyQm0m/aZVjccm6DcSsxJNjDgaDdB jC8U3MZ6Uz5RTLEnVsTtyAjXctq0bgS7WJxiRpRq02escnH9rjK+/ixUgBwaGpZ2gwen stnSSWRZXh3GG9Cq5Brfl+i+njTt1M9usgjrQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.16.205 with SMTP id p13mr1245695faa.69.1313879976129; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.120.72 with HTTP; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:39:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:39:36 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Dave Pooser Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Michael Sierchio , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quality operating system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:39:37 -0000 On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Dave Pooser wrote: > On 8/20/11 1:09 PM, "Michael Sierchio" wrote: > > >Are you lazy, or stupid? man freebsd-update > > You know, someone more clever than you might have read enough of the > message to realize that since I specifically referenced DTrace support as > a FreeBSD advantage, I would have to be using a custom kernel, which > pretty much kills the freebsd-update advantage. > > Add a modicum of self awareness and you might also realize that you're the > poster child for the original poster's point 5, "Hostile Community." > Frankly, I don't give that argument against the FreeBSD community a ton of > weight because *every* technical mailing list has some bitter losers with > no social skills, but it might be food for thought, if you ever do that > sort of thing. > In your supposed deep thought of freebsd-update's capabilities, can you explain why you view a custom kernel as killing an advantage? I suspect when we actually delve into the technical details we will have an answer to Michael's question, and you may not like the flavor of the food. -- Adam Vande More