Re: OpenBSD isn't good just because it's secure
justina colmena ~biz <[email protected]> Sun, 25 May 2025 10:31:37 -0800
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------FYKXHMGS8X4LC4Y9WYXGCZBFJ0T3XQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > ------FYKXHMGS8X4LC4Y9WYXGCZBFJ0T3XQ Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 <mcmer-openbsd@tor=2Eat> 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> ------FYKXHMGS8X4LC4Y9WYXGCZBFJ0T3XQ--