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FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE Is Ready
ocipio writes: "The FreeBSD team announced that 4.4-RELEASE is available for download. There are a whole bunch of changes and notes. Please be sure to use a mirror." Those installing for the first time will no doubt find chapter two of the Handbook invaluable.
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thet *BSD is dyin'. No, this hyar ain't th' same copy-paste deal, but it's true. FreeBSD suffers fum laughable perfo'mance, pore scalability, an' an almost total lack of commercial sof'ware suppo't. No t'menshun its unsartin future -- Walnut Creek, its primary distributo', was purchased by BSDi, an' BSDi was recently purchsed by Wind Rivah. Now, when yo' hoof it to th' FreeBSD Mall [freebsdmall, ah reckon.com], yo' find out thet "some producks & services haf tempo'arily become unavailable." Tempo'arily, mah ass: FreeBSD is daid. This hyar fack is further evidenced by th' fack thet th' Mall website kin't be accessed wifout th' "www." prefix -- th' site is bein' helter-skelter by amateurs. (Th' one thin' thet th' FreeBSD team ain't amateurish about is gay sex. It's fine known thet sevahal prominent fo'mer CSRG wawkers take it up th' ass as offen as postible, an' their "users group meetin's" [faggotry.com] is held in highway warshrooms. Th' fack th' Flamin'BSD is based in San Francisco is further proof thet FreeBSD is th' OS of choice fo' queer nancies. Finally, while ah despise Jedtians, ah will note thet th' BSD mascot is reminisent of an evil deity who Jedtians believe homosexuals will meet in th' af'erlife.) OpenBSD ain't much better. ah find it highly amoosin' thet a uniprocesso' sarver OS kin exist in th' year 2001, but ah guess thet OpenBSD's five users haf their reasons. Theo "Th' Rat" de Raadt is a fine known bitch/asshole, which is whuffo' he was kicked off th' NetBSD co'e team, dawgone it. (NetBSD has allus taken a firm stance of bitches/assholes, an' Th' Rat's bitchiness/assholery was not not tolerated once it was discovahed, cuss it all t' tarnation.) Also, Th' Rat's anti-US sentiments leads menny t'believe thet he was behind th' recent Wo'ld Grave Center "incident." Last, an' definitely least, is NetBSD. While their hardline anti-Rat policy is t'be commended, NetBSD is a joke. It's great thet they've managed t'po't their outdated UNIX-wannabe t'ev'rythin' on th' planet wif a circuit board, as fine as some citrus fruit, but sech po'tability has no prackical applicashun when viewed in light of perfo'mance, scalabilty, stability, an' sof'ware suppo't thet is even outdone by FreetofuckmenBSD. In sho't, *BSD is dyin'. ah hope thet these "AntiSouth Car'linan Megafags" larn th' truth an' is anally sodomized in th' booty by their competito's. Indeed, they muss be in a pore posishun already, t'have cornsidered usin' Cheap Sof'ware in th' enterprise. Thank yo'.
Yet nother crippling bombshell hit th beleaguered *BSD community when last month IDC confirmed that *BSD accounts for less than a fraction of 1 percent of ll servers. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick nd its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be mong OS hobbyist dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For ll practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
*BSD is dying
(The one thing that the FreeBSD team isn't amateurish about is gay sex. It's well known that several prominent former CSRG workers take it up the ass as often as possible, and their " users group meetings" are held in highway washrooms. The fact the FlamingBSD is based in San Francisco is further proof that FreeBSD is the OS of choice for queer nancies. Finally, while I despise Christians, I will note that the BSD mascot is reminiscent of an evil deity who Christians believe homosexuals will meet in the afterlife.)
OpenBSD isn't much better. I find it highly amusing that a uniprocessor server OS can exist in the year 2001, but I guess that OpenBSD's five users have their reasons. Theo "The Rat" de Raadt is a well known bitch/asshole, which is why he was kicked off the NetBSD core team. (NetBSD has always taken a firm stance of bitches/assholes, and The Rat's bitchiness/assholery was not not tolerated once it was discovered.) Also, The Rat's anti-US sentiments leads many to believe that he was behind the recent World Grave Center "incident."
Last, and definitely least, is NetBSD. While their hardline anti-Rat policy is to be commended, NetBSD is a joke. It's great that they've managed to port their outdated UNIX-wannabe to everything on the planet with a circuit board, as well as some citrus fruit, but such portability has no practical application when viewed in light of performance, scalabilty, stability, and software support that are even outdone by FreetofuckmenBSD.
In short, *BSD is dying. I hope that these "Antiamerican Megafags" learn the truth and are anally sodomized in the butt by their competitors. Indeed, they must be in a poor position already, to have considered using Cheap Software in the enterprise.
Thank you.
-- The_Messenger
the_messenger@evilmail.com
Let's look at da damn numbers.
OpenBSD leada' Deo say dat dere are 7000 users uh OpenBSD. How many users uh NetBSD are dere? Let's see. What it is, Mama! De numba' of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet be roughly in ratio uh 5 t'1. Derefo'e dere are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half uh de volume uh NetBSD posts. Derefo'e dere are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 puh'cent uh de *BSD market. Derefo'e dere are (7000 1400 700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. Dis is consistent wid de numba' of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Becauset'de troubles uh Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so's on, FreeBSD went out of business and wuz snatchn ova' by BSDI who sell anoda' troubled OS.
All marketin' surveys show dat *BSD gots'ta steadily declined in market share. What it is, Mama! *BSD be very sick and its long term survival prospects are real dim. 'S coo', bro. If *BSD be to survive at all it gots'ta be among OS hobbyists, dabblers, and dilettantes. *BSD continues to decay. Slap mah fro! Nodin' sho't uh a miracle could save it at dis point in time. What it is, Mama! Fo' all practical purposes, *BSD be wasted.
The record is clear on one thing: no operating system has ever come back from the grave. Efforts to resuscitate *BSD are one step away from spiritualists wishing to communicate with the dead. As the situation grows more desperate for the adherents of this doomed OS, the sorrow takes hold. An unremitting gloom hangs like a death shround over a once hopeful *BSD community. The hope is gone; a mournful nostalgia has settled in. Now is the end time for *BSD.
Wow, this post most looks most informative, maybe even insightful, doesn't it? In fact, There is very little true about it. Lets take a look here...
...prior backdoors". Bzzzt. Wrong.
... replace from the 4.3.xx series". No, the TCP/IP stack was not replaced, and there was no 4.3.xx series. I won't even quote the rediculous crap at the end of that line.
1) "POSIXX" (sic) "IEEE 811.2b", "Level 4 security". What the hell? It sounds like these were pulled out of the guy's arse.
2) "Hash implementation
3) "New implementation of the TCP/IP stack
The guy also claims that he is an ex-core team member. This is a highly dubious claim given the junk contained in the post and screename of "Bob Abooey". So in short.... there's nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
Cat, the other, tastier white meat.
America is facing a serious problem; Ben is a foaming fucker. His foaminess and fuckery is a serious issue to our well-being, and the well-being of our children and children's children. Ben should die and go to hell.
1) The implementation of threads still uses fine grain kernel level locking which does not adhere to POSIXX IEEE 811.2b level requirements, meaning this software is not, nor could it ever be certified for level 4 security.
2) The hash implementation which was used for prior backdoor's still exists and the modules which access it have not been auditied by third party engineers. This is a serious security violation which the dev team refuses to address. In fact they are doing all they can to sweep it underground, hoping people will just forget about it.
3) There is still no credible evidence that the new implementation of the TCP/IP stack is an improvement over the broken one they are trying to replace from the 4.3.xx series. The benchmarks I saw before leaving were just short of horrible and the potential for data loss was rated as QQQ on the topenhiemer algorithm.
I am currently petitioning the core dev team to remove my code from the project due to my differences with them, but they are the most pious and insufferable people I have ever worked with, so I doubt they will. Use this product at your own risk.
Yet another crippling bombshell hit th beleaguered *BSD community when lst month IDC confirmed that *BSD accounts for less than a fraction of 1 percent of ll servers. Coming on the heels of the latst Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as further exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick nd its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For ll practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
*BSD is dying
Despite all the hot heads chattering this way and that, we can be pretty sure about one thing: BSD is dead. There is a consolidation and a shake up taking place in this industry. When Walnut Creek went under, quickly followed by fellow traveler BSDI, it was the end of BSD as an independent system. It is not possible to base a business on BSD and succeed. Sure, there are a couple of "mom and pop" consultants trying to revive the dream, but real industry support has vanished. The vultures have descended, with some companies such as Apple stripping the corpse for what little meat is left upon aging bones. BSD is dead.
Must be *BSD.