From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 17 15:36:42 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 16E74106566B for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:36:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@penx.com) Received: from Elmer.dco.penx.com (elmer.dco.penx.com [174.46.214.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E18D98FC35 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:36:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Elmer.dco.penx.com (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6HFaeKl057408 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:36:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@penx.com) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:36:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Dennis Glatting X-X-Sender: dennisg@Elmer.dco.penx.com To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> Message-ID: References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore 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: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:36:42 -0000 On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Jerry wrote: > While I usually consider Slashdot nothing more than a bunch of > juveniles ranting against Microsoft; however, I did find this rather > interesting post this morning. > > "Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore" > > > > Interestingly enough, a great deal of it is true. It might be > interesting to know how others feel about it. Obviously, asking that > question on this forum is like playing against a stacked deck; however, > it still might prove interesting. > Yawn. I remember sitting on the can reading BSD mags in the 80s when they were saying the same thing regarding OSF. There there were/are other Linuxes, BSDs, and Unixes. I've done a bunch of infrastructure and tasked-support work using Linux for the past couple of years. The FreeBSD pieces work better. Does Linux have some advantages? Yes. Does FreeBSD have some deficiencies? Yes. There, I said it. I'm over it now.