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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:52:38 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT
Message-ID:  <20001221095238.R19572@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20001221120837.022ab0a0@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 12:45:09PM -0500
References:  <5.0.0.25.0.20001220192150.01f42450@mail.etinc.com> <20001221104823.6BE7C96EC@toad.stack.nl> <5.0.0.25.0.20001221120837.022ab0a0@mail.etinc.com>

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* Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> [001221 09:41] wrote:
> 
> What "hurts" the tree is all of the crappy source and proprietory bullshit 
> that finds it way into the "tree" netgraph, half-baked bridging, filtering 
> stuff...these should all be add-ons with specific hooks so that users can 
> chose between the "Free stuff" and commercially available modules. For the 
> source weenies, they can use the "all source" solutions, while companies 
> who want superior functionality can pay for commercially supported solutions.

Heh, like Firewall-1 vs ipfilter?

Seriously, I don't have much of a problem with closed source
technology, but I really think you're smoking crack if you're
stating that just because something is closed, proprietary and
expensive that somehow equates to better functionality.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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