From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 13 17:19:46 2008 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 56A64106567E for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:19:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B96B68FC08 for ; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:19:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl7-22.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.134.22]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id mBDHJYo3014589 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:19:40 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBDHJYIv003111; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:19:34 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id mBDHJWtt003107; Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:19:32 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: perryh@pluto.rain.com References: <20081211190951.GB845@comcast.net> <20081211113257.405a082c@gom.home> <20081211202023.GC845@comcast.net> <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081212002813.GD32300@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211215036.526b2cad@gom.home> <20081212181148.GD36348@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212110745.7657ff59@gom.home> <20081212211111.GD37185@kokopelli.hydra> <4942D456.3050207@gmail.com> <49437a6b.UDOGOuQZN1pqH+/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:19:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <49437a6b.UDOGOuQZN1pqH+/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> (perryh@pluto.rain.com's message of "Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:03:39 -0800") Message-ID: <873agsgfh7.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-MailScanner-ID: mBDHJYo3014589 X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-3.859, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.54, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: michael.copeland@gmail.com, perrin@apotheon.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors 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, 13 Dec 2008 17:19:46 -0000 On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:03:39 -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> after reading all these posts, i've still come up with this answer >> after looking .. "freebsd - the power to serve" > > Might one reasonably surmise that "the power to serve" implies doing a > good job of running server software? Like mail servers, FTP servers, > web servers, file servers, database servers, ssh servers, even - gasp > - X11 servers? I am 'served' quite well by my GUI programs too, if that's part of the question. The word 'service' is not limited by the very narrow meaning of an IP based or other network application :-)