Re: OpenBSD isn't good just because it's secure

justina colmena ~biz <[email protected]> Sun, 25 May 2025 10:31:37 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.advocacy
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The main alternative being "git"? As if there isn't a straightforward trans=
lation between the two and/or an ability to use either/or according to pers=
onal preference=2E

I don't hang out with any particular "coding camps" and I don't generate a=
ny goodwill or benevolence in any particular "community" with my code as fa=
r as its being "free" or "open source" vis-a`-vis "proprietary=2E"

There are too many mafia godfathers and made men with vested interests for=
 ordinary people to get involved in large open source programming projects,=
 especially where rubber hose cryptography, extortion and murder-for-hire a=
re typically involved on a grand scale=2E There have been far too many peop=
le who thought everybody loved everybody with a false ideal that any indivi=
dual who was programming needed an absolute insoluble local-barroom-type "i=
dentity" in order to be permitted to contribute to open source projects=2E =
Private cryptographic keys being subject to frequent ransackings, pickpocke=
tings and robberies too, by law enforcement officers as well as those who a=
re not law enforcement officers=2E

Possibilities of deregistering everything and going off-line with a vanill=
a consumer-only email for necessities are looking more appealing but there =
will be collateral damages to that pull-back=2E

There are far too many communist spies and busybodies and people who aren'=
t minding their own business at military and diplomatic levels, as well as =
the usual bartenders and drug dealers=2E I don't know what I'm doing on the=
 list anymore=2E Enough issues for sure=2E OpenBSD as an operating system m=
ight be or could be part of a solution but nothing viable or practical as y=
et against the level of espionage I am seeing in small-town America=2E

On May 25, 2025 9:22:27 AM AKDT, Marcus MERIGHI <mcmer-openbsd@tor=2Eat> w=
rote:
>Hello,=20
>
>nice, easy to read=2E
>
>> * OpenBSD still uses CVS=2E=2E=2E Maybe gogs will save the day?
>                                    ^^^^
>Did you mean devel/got (game of trees) here?
>
>Marcus
>

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<html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">The main alternative being "git"=
? As if there isn't a straightforward translation between the two and/or an=
 ability to use either/or according to personal preference=2E<br><br>I don'=
t hang out with any particular "coding camps" and I don't generate any good=
will or benevolence in any particular "community" with my code as far as it=
s being "free" or "open source" vis-a`-vis "proprietary=2E"<br><br>There ar=
e too many mafia godfathers and made men with vested interests for ordinary=
 people to get involved in large open source programming projects, especial=
ly where rubber hose cryptography, extortion and murder-for-hire are typica=
lly involved on a grand scale=2E There have been far too many people who th=
ought everybody loved everybody with a false ideal that any individual who =
was programming needed an absolute insoluble local-barroom-type "identity" =
in order to be permitted to contribute to open source projects=2E Private c=
ryptographic keys being subject to frequent ransackings, pickpocketings and=
 robberies too, by law enforcement officers as well as those who are not la=
w enforcement officers=2E<br><br>Possibilities of deregistering everything =
and going off-line with a vanilla consumer-only email for necessities are l=
ooking more appealing but there will be collateral damages to that pull-bac=
k=2E<br><br>There are far too many communist spies and busybodies and peopl=
e who aren't minding their own business at military and diplomatic levels, =
as well as the usual bartenders and drug dealers=2E I don't know what I'm d=
oing on the list anymore=2E Enough issues for sure=2E OpenBSD as an operati=
ng system might be or could be part of a solution but nothing viable or pra=
ctical as yet against the level of espionage I am seeing in small-town Amer=
ica=2E</div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">On May 25,=
 2025 9:22:27 AM AKDT, Marcus MERIGHI &lt;mcmer-openbsd@tor=2Eat&gt; wrote:=
</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8e=
x; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class=3D"k9mail"><div dir=3D"auto">Hello, <br><br>nice, easy to read=
=2E<br><br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt=
 1ex 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=
=3D"auto">* OpenBSD still uses CVS=2E=2E=2E Maybe gogs will save the day?<b=
r></div></blockquote><div dir=3D"auto">                                    =
^^^^<br>Did you mean devel/got (game of trees) here?<br><br>Marcus<br><br><=
/div></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>
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