On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Daniel A. Ramaley

 wrote:

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> On Monday 07 April 2008 14:00, you wrote:

>  >"We'll provide you with a secure system, but.. hell, once you get it..

>  > it won't be secure anymore, wait another 6 months, it'll be secure

>  > again. briefly."

>

>  The developers provide a secure system that can be downloaded completely

>  free of charge. If you want the system to remain updated with regards

>  to patches, then you have to do the patching yourself. Note that the

>  patches are also provided freely. What more do you want? Is it

>  reasonable to expect any more? You're already getting quite a bit...

>

>  The packages/ports might lag a bit from the base system. If you are that

>  concerned about it, either lend a hand maintaining the packages

>  important to you, or consider that perhaps OpenBSD is not the OS for

>  you. You are not OpenBSD's target audience. The developers produce it

>  for themselves. That you happen to be able to derive value from it

>  should be considered as the generous gift it is, and treated as such.

>  If you do not get enough value from it to make it worth using for you,

>  then go find something else. There are plenty of other operating

>  systems out there.

Well put, Daniel. I wholeheartedly concur.