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OpenBSD 3.7 Reviewed

Posted by Hemos on from the good-stuff-to-read dept.

busfahrer writes "Jem Matzan has written a review of OpenBSD 3.7 for Newsforge. He talks about their licensing issues, network features, upgrading packages and the new supported architectures."

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  1. BSD, the history by Andreas(R) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since BSD is dead (dying?), here is some information about the ancient OS.

  2. Re:The shot at RMS for the day by Megaweapon · · Score: 0, Troll

    The characters are disappointed because the Wizard ends up being "all talk -- no action!" So they decide to code the wireless driver by reverse-engineering the device.

    Just curious, when was the last time that RMS reverse engineered a useful device and posted the driver source?

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  3. Re:The shot at RMS for the day by Slashcrap · · Score: 0, Troll

    And hey, why bring up the compiler? It's free in all the appropriate senses, so Theo and crew are simply using available tools.

    Because it simply wouldn't exist without RMS. And the BSDs wouldn't be where they are now without GCC. Trying to argue otherwise is simply revisionist history.

    So you can say that RMS is all mouth and no trousers if you want. And I can point out your arrogance.

    Answer this - what is the greatest contribution to the Free Software community? GCC or being able to distribute the firmware for a few wireless cards?