You can do it 30000 miles away with no hands on

"You can do it 30000 miles away with no hands on

That just means that NASA can install FreeBSD over Linux on their robots on Mars if they feel so inclined

You should not waste your time in commenting comments where the commenter obviously does not get the point.

But this news is more or less a flamebait by it self, but it is one damn cool flamebait.

"Theo is only project leader for OpenBSD. Not FreeBSD, NetBSD, or any other BSD."

No , Theo is the current leader for all BSD. Because you don't see , hear or most people evn know the name of the other's. Theo is more harmfull then people know.

Theo is a lot like Linus Torvalds , except LT is not surrounded by people who let him say and do what he wants , who let him in control of things he clearly don't grasp or should be doing.

"That is a ridiculous argument."

No your's is , it's even proven as false. Security is not made by leaving something out and unmaintained.

"It's bad ... It's a stupid idea."

Why ? Because then someone would need to man phone to actually offer support over the phone or over skype or remotely connect if the problem is some driver ? God forbid that people could be hired to go on site or send UPS bag triple ways send client - receive support - return client ...

God forbid they made money at it and re-invest some in new development.

"People don't believe you because you make arguments with no real information to back them up."

No , people want me to do the job and fix the problem for free. Also that I Shut-Up too.

"For people who want to use BSD in a more Linux like manner, there is DesktopBSD, PC-BSD and others."

You just showed your incompetence on the subject. GNU/Linux is actaully at it's weakest on the desktop even do it's the first mainstream OS by usage and first by income but lack OEM sale visibility.

"Contrary to popular belief, a graphical installer does not magically make an OS easier to install."

What if your wrong ? Better yet you are wrong !

"BSD is already quite easy to install,"

You got 20$ , you got a computer , you got a BSD OS.
go to a neighboor and tell him your going to pay him 20$ to install BSD. You cant help him at all. That might change your views on things.

You will have to learn that not everybody is as smart or as knowledgeable and has as much facility as you with installing OS.

"just as easy as Windows 2000 or XP"

There is no big brand named OEM system shipping with BSD at all , yet in your false view of the world somehow BSD will be able to beat the version of windows XP and Windows 2000 that is a rescue CD and install just as easy ...

Windows XP/2000 was Factory modified to work with the Computer it shipped with. They had access to the hardware in the prototype stage that means 2 - 3 years before it hit market.

"The changes in ... making good progress."

[i]I would like to know what bizarre measure of success you use to say that since 2003 BSD as made good progress. But hey it got created in 2003 , no wait it's been around since the 70's ...

In 1990 useable computer where 3000$
in 1995 useable computer where 2500$
in 2000 useable computer where 2000$
in 2002 useable computer where 1000$
in 2004 useable computer where 800$
in 2005 useable computer where 600$
in 2006 useable computer where 400$
in 2007 useable computer where 300$

It's 2008 and there are useable computer sold 200$ or less new.



The price going down more people have acess to computers because they can afford it. The BSD number of user's as actually declined , dramatically , because to be the same it had to minimum increase by a multiple of 2 each years , it did not.

BTW GNU/Linux at it's is stronguest in Bric country :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRIC

The real goal of an OS is to replace another. Blocking ways that help achieve that goal is only damaging to the OS that do the blocking.