Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:55:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0006181541330.59366-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20000618155425.A54149@hyperhost.net>
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Patrick Seal wrote: > On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 13:52:47 -0500i, Chris Dillon wrote: > > I'll testify to that one. I had -*sniffle*- a FreeBSD 2.2.6-BETA > > (yes, BETA, an early one) box of my own design running for somewhere > > around 850 to 900 days, or close to two and a half years, before an > > Were you using the box for something other than uptime? Was it being used > as a gateway or server of some sort? Yes, it still is serving as a Samba file/print server in an optometrist's office for about eight Win9X workstations running a common office management application. It isn't exactly under heavy load, but it does an extremely important job. BTW, it breezed right through the "Y2K" thing, no patches/reboots/etc., obviously. If it were running NT, well, you know. :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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