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Originally Posted by DrJ
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.
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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.