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Date:      Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:50:24 +0200
From:      dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anthony's drive issues.Re: ssh password delay
Message-ID:  <20050329125024.4d3577d3.dick@nagual.st>
In-Reply-To: <1648629793.20050329122346@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <42480F8B.1060405@makeworld.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEPAFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <1648629793.20050329122346@wanadoo.fr>

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:23:46 +0200
Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> The key point here, though, is that Windows apparently works correctly
> with the firmware, whatever changes that firmware may contain. 
> FreeBSD does not.  Therefore FreeBSD is broken.

Wrong. Windows does /not/ work correctly with the firmware if you let it
use it's own drivers (like FreeBSD does). /Both/ OS's choke then!

> Forget the case-open switch and the three-dimensional beeping animated
> temperature monitoring application, and just buy commodity hardware
> and software.  In exchange for sacrificing a few frills, you get
> something that behaves predictably and can be maintained cheaply
> without critical dependencies on one supplier.

Right. Plus Windows as well as FreeBSD will run on it flawlessly.

So what's your point in all those previous messages if you knew so well
what was the correct attitude in buying hardware?

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