Re: My thoughts on OpenBSD

justina colmena ~biz <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:43 -0800
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I can't believe a single word I hear out of that non-U=2ES=2EA=2E-only BSD =
camp until all those God-awful Mounties of Canada's drug district are sober=
ed up and chained to the front bench in church every Sunday=2E Do I need a =
vanity plate and a couple of traffic citations for free software? Do I need=
 to conceal all my Google searches from these people? Not that I begrudge T=
heo DeRaadt; on the contrary, I enjoy my privacy and I'd much prefer to com=
e and go as I please without being tracked by all the Flock cameras, automa=
ted facial recognition software and license plate readers and followed and =
harassed by corrupt cops, pimps and drug lords everywhere I go=2E

I need free software that isn't crippled and just works without excessive =
tinkering, which was and hopefully still is much of what comprises OpenBSD'=
s goals and objectives=2E It's a tool=2E Life is brief and troublesome=2E I=
 have only so much time and money to hobby with any one thing, and I've got=
 a million other things to do, and a million other people working hard to r=
uin things for me=2E

Sorry=2E I've got to cope with meddlesome and ingratiating busybodies, hom=
e-wreckers, car-trashers and life-ruiners just like everybody else=2E

On February 22, 2026 8:03:12 AM PST, Thomas de Grivel <billitch@gmail=2Eco=
m> wrote:
>Come on this free and open source software is worth millions and it
>keeps getting better, let's keep the obfuscated haters away !
>
>On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 9:55=E2=80=AFAM Andre Buskvekster
><andre@buskvekster=2Emooo=2Ecom> wrote:
>>
>> Dear UDENIX and Alfredo,
>>
>> For me the aura of Theo is rather of defender and protector=2E
>>
>> The present exchange makes me proud to be an OpenBSD user=2E
>>
>> With great honor,
>> Andre
>>
>
>
>--=20
> Thomas de Grivel
> https://www=2Ekmx=2Eio
>

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<html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">I can't believe a single word I =
hear out of that non-U=2ES=2EA=2E-only BSD camp until all those God-awful M=
ounties of Canada's drug district are sobered up and chained to the front b=
ench in church every Sunday=2E Do I need a vanity plate and a couple of tra=
ffic citations for free software? Do I need to conceal all my Google search=
es from these people? Not that I begrudge Theo DeRaadt; on the contrary, I =
enjoy my privacy and I'd much prefer to come and go as I please without bei=
ng tracked by all the Flock cameras, automated facial recognition software =
and license plate readers and followed and harassed by corrupt cops, pimps =
and drug lords everywhere I go=2E<br><br>I need free software that isn't cr=
ippled and just works without excessive tinkering, which was and hopefully =
still is much of what comprises OpenBSD's goals and objectives=2E It's a to=
ol=2E Life is brief and troublesome=2E I have only so much time and money t=
o hobby with any one thing, and I've got a million other things to do, and =
a million other people working hard to ruin things for me=2E<br><br>Sorry=
=2E I've got to cope with meddlesome and ingratiating busybodies, home-wrec=
kers, car-trashers and life-ruiners just like everybody else=2E</div><br><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto">On February 22, 2026 8:03:12=
 AM PST, Thomas de Grivel &lt;billitch@gmail=2Ecom&gt; wrote:</div><blockqu=
ote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left=
: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class=3D"net-thunderbird-android-beta__plain-text-message-pre"><div d=
ir=3D"auto">Come on this free and open source software is worth millions an=
d it<br>keeps getting better, let's keep the obfuscated haters away !<br><b=
r>On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 9:55=E2=80=AFAM Andre Buskvekster<br>&lt;andre@bus=
kvekster=2Emooo=2Ecom&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin-bottom: 1ex; --net-thunderbird-android-beta__blockquote-de=
fault-border-color: #729fcf;"><div dir=3D"auto"><br> Dear UDENIX and Alfred=
o,<br><br> For me the aura of Theo is rather of defender and protector=2E<b=
r><br> The present exchange makes me proud to be an OpenBSD user=2E<br><br>=
 With great honor,<br> Andre<br><br></div></blockquote><div dir=3D"auto"><b=
r><br></div></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>
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