@hydn, agreed, but I was replying to @ericmarceau about what I would do if I lost pfSense.
Then I went on this long-winded tangent about my history with routers/firewalls.
Sorry, I do not get out much. 
You are right that I did not mention OPNsense. Perhaps I have read too much of the Netgate talk, but I doubt OPNsense would survive without the work put into pfSense.