Re: RE: End of the M0n0wall project

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thanks very much for this awesome project and most of all: your work.

Looking forward for the chance to return a little favour should we meet =
in person. You never know.

And: looking forward to hear from your next projects.=20

Thomas










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> Thank you Manuel for all your efforts in the pas
> On 16 Feb 2015 14:28, "Louis Desjardins" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I will join my voice to everyone else expressing sorrow at this news.
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>> Manuel, you have brought to all of us an extraordinarily good and =
reliable
>> firewall. Free of charge! I have been using it for most of the 12 =
years the
>> product has been available to us. Over the years, I kept looking at =
other
>> products PFSense, and OPNSense included. But I always decided to stay =
with
>> M0n0wall for its simplicity and efficiency.
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>> We have no right to ask Manuel for anything.  We all benefited from a =
great
>> favor for 12 years. I for one am very grateful for this. I wish =
M0n0wall
>> would continue to be maintained, but I fully respect the decision. =
Manuel,
>> best success in all your future endeavors. And again, a very special =
thank
>> you for M0n0wall.
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>> Now, I am somewhat puzzled with the proposed way forward. I looked at
>> PFSense and OPNSense, as I said, and I don't see why OPNSense would =
be
>> preferred to PFSense. It seems heavier in terms of hardware =
requirements,
>> less extendable (although this is not something I am looking for) and
>> somewhat unstable still at the moment. Knowing how Manuel brought us =
such a
>> great firewall, I wonder what he sees that I am missing in my =
evaluation of
>> OPNSense.
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>> Louis Desjardins
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