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[Don Parris]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:50:20 -0400, Fred Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> On Friday October 29 2004 12:39 pm, Frank Bax wrote:
> > At 12:04 PM 10/29/04, Fred Miller wrote:
> > >On Friday October 29 2004 11:53 am, Frank Bax wrote:
> > > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/10/28/openbsd_3_6.html
> > > >
> > > > Although this three page article starts off with more OpenBSD 3.6 news,
> > > > it goes into many different topics.
> > >
> > >'Finally beginning to catch up to Linux, eh? :) Now, Frank - don't you
> > > throw that at me. Frank! Put the knife down! :) :)
> >
> > No knives. I recognise OpenBSD has been very late with SMP support - or
> > were you referring to something else?  I don't need SMP myself, I only use
> > OpenBSD for my (small) hosting business.  I like to think I believe in the
> > "Right OS for the Job", not "Our OS is The Answer, now what is your
> > question?".
> 
> None - just friendly harassment. :)
> 
> > I think it's question of priorities - OpenBSD has spent more time on
> > security audits and licensing issues - one of the articles I read today
> > mentioned that they have removed/replaced all GPL code from their
> > kernel.  Now they are catching up on other things like SMP; I think its
> > only here now because a company stepped forward to fund the development
> > efforts.
> 
> That's good! The consumer NEEDS choices and not having to be locked into any
> OS. I know Gates/Ballmer and company don't agree with that, but then Satan
> doesn't want anyone to know that he/she has a choice either. :)
> 
> 
Frankly, I'm noticing a growing interest in BSD - mainly just to get
the experience of installing & using it - see how it compares to GNU,
without the biased input of others.  After all, experience is the best
teacher.

Don

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