From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 15:13:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD1731065674 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:13:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xenophon+freebsd@irtnog.org) Received: from mx1.irtnog.org (rrcs-24-123-13-61.central.biz.rr.com [24.123.13.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 781EB8FC0A for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:13:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cinep001bsdgw.irtnog.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.irtnog.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F614526 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:04:17 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at irtnog.org Received: from mx1.irtnog.org ([127.0.0.1]) by cinep001bsdgw.irtnog.net (mx1.irtnog.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lQ4442AnbvFm for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:04:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cinip100ntsbs.irtnog.net (cinip100ntsbs.irtnog.net [10.63.1.100]) by mx1.irtnog.org (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:04:11 -0400 (EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 11:04:15 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Message-ID: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? thread-index: Ac1AelGGEAp+lBwxQNOMh0WmHRu8mwB54h2w References: <20120601121555.GF5335@home.opsec.eu> <4FC8B67D.5090208@digsys.bg><31DFBF41-37EC-43CF-A555-2D4E46F1F6E2@ee.ryerson.ca> From: "xenophon\\+freebsd" To: Subject: RE: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:13:19 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > stable@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Kalchev > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 12:42 AM >=20 > I really see no reason why your 'mail or calendaring server' > should be able to wipe your devices.. This is the sort of bloat > that keeps me away. From Microsoft products. I don't think that's fair to say. Email/calendaring seems to be the only connection point between a smartphone and an organization for at least the current crop of devices (although I'm sure that at some point soon, you'll be able to include organizational file servers as well). Even if you're just a SOHO or SMB, you should want to be able to locate or remotely wipe a device that's stolen, if only to ensure that someone doesn't have access to potentially sensitive personal information. Oh and by the way, not only do the Windows phones feature this, but so do the iPhones and the Android handsets - so this isn't just Microsoft. > In this regard I rather prefer the way Apple handles things. > Shiny wrapper interface to pretty much generic technology. No > reinvention of the wheel and experiments to see if it can be made > square. You can't damn Microsoft for being too proprietary in one paragraph and then praise Apple for its openness in the next. Does not compute. Best wishes, Matthew=20 --=20 I FIGHT FOR THE USERS