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Date:      Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:39:36 -0500
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Dave Pooser <dave-freebsd@pooserville.com>
Cc:        Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A quality operating system
Message-ID:  <CA%2BtpaK1-A18%2B5n3hq_gvn3pwNXTqDwean3oxRv4m_aEWGyU-jA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA759D7F.68E86%dave-sa@pooserville.com>
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On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Dave Pooser
<dave-freebsd@pooserville.com>wrote:

> On 8/20/11 1:09 PM, "Michael Sierchio" <kudzu@tenebras.com> wrote:
>
> >Are you lazy, or stupid?  man freebsd-update
>
> You know, someone more clever than you might have read enough of the
> message to realize that since I specifically referenced DTrace support as
> a FreeBSD advantage, I would have to be using a custom kernel, which
> pretty much kills the freebsd-update advantage.
>
> Add a modicum of self awareness and you might also realize that you're the
> poster child for the original poster's point 5, "Hostile Community."
> Frankly, I don't give that argument against the FreeBSD community a ton of
> weight because *every* technical mailing list has some bitter losers with
> no social skills, but it might be food for thought, if you ever do that
> sort of thing.
>

In your supposed deep thought of freebsd-update's capabilities, can you
explain why you view a custom kernel as killing an advantage?  I suspect
when we actually delve into the technical details we will have an answer to
Michael's question, and you may not like the flavor of the food.


-- 
Adam Vande More



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