Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:33:15 -0800 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no>, Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060329042321.077eb988@antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060329141021.023e9af8@broadpark.no> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060329141021.023e9af8@broadpark.no>
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At 04:17 AM 3/29/2006, Vaaf wrote: >At 22:34 28.03.2006, Joseph Vella wrote: >>I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any >>overwhelming reason >>why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server (just >>for play) on my home network using a PII machine. Am I better off using an >>older version for such old equipment? If so, do any particular versions >>stand out? > >FreeBSD, and UNIX for that matter, is based off 30-year-old concepts. >Noboy can deny this. That being said, you can compare the development >of FreeBSD to building a skyscraper on shallow grounds. Naturally, the more >you build the more building is likely to collapse. Your analogy is horribly flawed. The fact that something has been around for a while and is still in widespread use, speaks very much to it's strengths, and very little to it's weaknesses. >This is now the case with >the old FreeBSD (in which a couple of smart guys decided to savior into >DragonFly) versus the new FreeBSD. I think the same thing is happening >with Windows versus Vista. As OS development progresses, this little >theory of mine will become more and more obvious. If anyone on this list can >contribute with facts and observations to strenghten this theory, I would >really appreciate it. Besides being flame bait, I think you'll find little support for your "little theory" on this list. -Glenn >Thank you all, >Vaaf > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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