a. e. wrote:
I totally agree with what you say...
But the goal of our jobs is to satisfy the user and to help him to get what he
wants. Saying that i'm not saying I will forget security, performance and
stability.
My specific goal is to manage, over openldap the maximum of services. I've
been using OpenBSD since the 2.9. My web hosting server is up and running for
so many years. I've always managed to get everything functionnal with the
minimum possible of mess. I'm trying to advocate that OS because I think it's
the only really secured and capable to manage a real High Performance and High
Usage system. I've switched so many servers from Linux to OpenBsd everywhere I
worked...
Otherwise, if I accept the point of view that it's better to use an OpenBSD
out of the box without a lot of custimization and with the minimum of software
installed, I should accept the fact that I can't do all I want with that OS
(All I want as server). that also means that For some usages I have to use
Linux. I love Linux as a desktop. But I really want to only use OpenBSD as
server.
Using third-party software on OpenBSD (preferrably from ports/packages)
is not a bad thing but for _me_, migrating back to what's in base
(sendmail with real users instead of postfix with virtual tables) has
made my systems much easier to maintain, plus I get important fixes
delivered (as patches) at the uncommon event that a critical bug should
be found.
I realize I misread your post a bit and that my answer was a little
off-topic, but, hey, I seem to have bumped the thread at least! :-P
/Alexander
