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Date:      Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:54:57 -0700
From:      "Devin Teske" <dteske@vicor.com>
To:        <david.robison@fisglobal.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>
Subject:   RE: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore
Message-ID:  <013701cc45a6$1a3d3b90$4eb7b2b0$@vicor.com>
In-Reply-To: <4E247311.5030903@fisglobal.com>
References:  <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <4E247311.5030903@fisglobal.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robison, Dave
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 10:53 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore
>=20
> Using primarily FreeBSD, and in fact, still FreeBSD 4.11 (we are in the p=
rocess of
> upgrading to 8.x now), our systems moved well over 1.6 trillion dollars i=
n business
> to business financial transactions last year.
>=20
> I'd hardly call that irrelevant.

I'm with you man! That's over 10% of the current national debt ceiling!

Yet, I you and I still have co-workers that continue to claim that BSD is a=
 toy and indeed irrelevant; even when faced with CARP, HAST, Jails, ZFS, an=
d other great features that don't exist on any other operating system.

I say to Mr. Poettering and our similarly-hethenistic brethren that:
Just because BSD isn't relevant to you, surely you are irrelevant to BSD.
...and...
Don't you worry your pretty little head about the nasty (and totally irrele=
vant) BSD [[tounge in cheek]]. That beastie won't bother you any more ** un=
til it's time to overtake your market share (muahaha).
--=20
Devin


>=20
>=20
>=20
> On 07/17/2011 04:10, 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"
> >
> > <http://bsd.slashdot.org/story/11/07/16/0020243/Lennart-Poettering-BSD
> > -Isnt-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.
> >
>=20
>=20
> --
> Dave Robison
> Sales Solution Architect II
> FIS Banking Solutions
> 510/621-2089 (w)
> 530/518-5194 (c)
> 510/621-2020 (f)
> daver@vicor.com
> david.robison@fisglobal.com
>=20
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