Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 01:31:34 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> To: David Preece <davep@afterswish.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD in good standing in netcraft survey Message-ID: <20001102013134.A23799@citusc17.usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.1.20001102095240.00a3a440@mail.afterswish.com>; from davep@afterswish.com on Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:57:03AM %2B1300 References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011011055120.1372-100000@oxygen.americanisp.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011012144110.41998-100000@server.wes.mee.co m> <5.0.0.25.1.20001102095240.00a3a440@mail.afterswish.com>
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--azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:57:03AM +1300, David Preece wrote: > BTW, we didn't fare very well at all in the top *average* uptimes. Sun,= =20 > OTOH, did. Bugger. IMO, this can be plausibly explained by the availability of updated code for the two platforms. With Sun they release patches relatively infrequently, kernel patches less frequently still..OTOH FreeBSD "releases patches" many times each day, encouraging the admin to upgrade frequently to scratch the itch of being "up to date". Kris --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjoBNHUACgkQWry0BWjoQKX0XgCgs0wc3FI5/KPFJh3HayZcHrZJ BYkAoIs8fvTfMrtTpqsg714piJkQYkXr =8X0P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --azLHFNyN32YCQGCU-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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