From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 17 15:01:50 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 950F9106564A for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:01:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9FE8FC15 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:01:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A18E6F46; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:01:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:01:48 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: =?UTF-8?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr=C3=B6m=22?= , FreeBSD Message-ID: <5E06FE1D432A00CE74B1DA1A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <4E22DFE9.7050007@pathscale.com> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <4E22DFE9.7050007@pathscale.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:01:50 -0000 --As of July 17, 2011 8:13:13 PM +0700, "C. Bergstr=C3=B6m" is alleged to = have=20 said: > 1) Why care about *BSD as a desktop? > 2) Why care about *BSD as a workstation? (Which I see as a next level in > stability/usability beyond a toy "desktop") --As for the rest, it is mine. Because it is easier to get your admins to support a server if they can=20 have a working development desktop that matches the server's OS and config. = (Apart from their interface and development software, which would only be=20 on the dev box.) Just a thought. ;) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------