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Re:FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and li... by rsync on Monday January 24, 2022 @06:00PM (#30065325)
We[1] have our entire infrastructure on FreeBSD - and always have.

That's why this has been frustrating - we have a history of committing real money[2][3] to the project in an attempt to make investments ... but there is never a fixed target to make those investments in.

It is a matter of fact that our own use of FreeBSD - in live production for a business - is completely divorced from the experience and day to day usage of FreeBSD developers.

[1] rsync.net and, previously, JohnCompanies

[2] https://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html

[3] USD 50k donation offered - https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2012-Jan...

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Re:FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and li... by bojo on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:38PM (#30066754)
Whoa, I recall spinning a box up on JohnCompanies back when you guys first popped onto the scene.

Cool to see people still building on FreeBSD, sad to see that it's an uphill battle to stay relevant with it.

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Re:FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and li... by rsync on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:36AM (#30069216)
Did you learn about us from our kuro5hin ads ?

That was 21 years ago ...

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Re:FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and li... by bojo on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:37AM (#30072963)
That must have been it, used kuro5hin quite a bit back then.
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