Re: My thoughts on OpenBSD
justina colmena ~biz <[email protected]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:43 -0800
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------EUD9GXB31JAYN5Y9NZ2QHURAVI17O9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > ------EUD9GXB31JAYN5Y9NZ2QHURAVI17O9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 <billitch@gmail=2Ecom> 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><andre@bus= kvekster=2Emooo=2Ecom> 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> ------EUD9GXB31JAYN5Y9NZ2QHURAVI17O9--