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Old 13th November 2008
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Originally Posted by DrJ View Post

In spite of the accolades of many, I think the way ports work is a pain. And it is a real problem. My W2K box is still supported. Just try to get support for FBSD 4.8 or earlier ports.
You can look that from different prospective. The freedom that open source project have to brake backward compatibility is a major advantage over the proprietary systems. Just compare Solaris and BSD in terms of complexity.
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