From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 12:35:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4E4516A401 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:35:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from cobalt.antimatter.net (cobalt.antimatter.net [69.55.224.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A308943D45 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:35:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from foo.antimatter.net (cpe-72-132-240-21.san.res.rr.com [72.132.240.21]) (authenticated bits=0) by cobalt.antimatter.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2TCZLKn022893 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:35:22 -0800 X-MailKey: purple frogs are falling from the sky Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060329042321.077eb988@antimatter.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:33:15 -0800 To: Vaaf , Joseph Vella , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Glenn Dawson 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:35:25 -0000 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"