Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:09:09 -0400 From: Allen <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.x era Message-ID: <20110924230909.4f2af38c@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <201109241747.LAA10473@lariat.net> References: <1315784569.65036.YahooMailClassic@web113505.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4E726F24.8000609@comcast.net> <201109241747.LAA10473@lariat.net>
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:47:38 -0600 Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> wrote: > Indeed it was. Back in those days, they didn't jump a major version > number every three or four releases. They polished and polished and > POLISHED each version of the OS. The 4.x branch reached > 4.11-RELEASE before it was shut down, and 5.x was nowhere near as > good. Wish they'd pick a branch (8-STABLE or 9-STABLE) and do this again. I remember those times too. In fact I still have my 4.0 - 4.11 CDs in my BSD binder. I too Hope that they go back to those Ultra-Stable super OSs. At least that's the way I think of it; a Super OS; That's exactly what I think of when I think of FreeBSD 4.0. -Allen
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