You've accurately described Debian Stable, but your argument doesn't hold for *BSD, where the "packages" (ports) you refer to do not differ between -STABLE and -CURRENT. So if you're running 7.4-RELEASE, any ports you have will be just as "updated" as those you'd have running 9.0-RC1.

The title of this newspost is misleading. Microsoft has not banned all open source software from the Marketplace, just explicitly disallowed 3 licenses known to be incompatible with how the Marketplace operates, and "equivalents" to those licenses. I've written a short piece on the subject here: http://chris.olstrom.com/opinion/windows-phone-marketplace-and-the-gplv3/ [olstrom.com]

The title of this newspost is misleading. Microsoft has not banned all open source software from the Marketplace, just explicitly disallowed 3 licenses known to be incompatible with how the Marketplace operates, and "equivalents" to those licenses. I've written a short piece on the subject here: http://chris.olstrom.com/opinion/windows-phone-marketplace-and-the-gplv3/

P3 @ 3GHz? I'm sorry, but you seem to have missed the point. Clock speed isn't everything, especially when compared with Instructions Per Cycle, for overall performance. Imagine shovelling a pile of shite with a trowel, and compare it to a good large shovel. With the trowel, you can shovel smaller amounts faster, but with the big one, although there's more of a delay between scoops, the task is completed much sooner. I don't know about you, but if I were shovelling shite, I'd want to be done as quickly as possible. Keep an open mind. - Silicon Viper / CNC