Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 16:10:04 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: to upgrade or not too? Message-ID: <009a01c145fe$10644120$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <003001c1457d$ff2aad20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted
> Mittelstaedt
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:53 AM
> To: Nathan Mace; freebsd-questions
> Subject: RE: to upgrade or not too?
>
> I'm still running Windows 95 on a number of systems and I never felt
> the need to upgrade it, why would FreeBSD be any different? :-)
>
> Seriously, it's not a problem if you are running 3.X or later and keeping
> current
> with the security patches. Many people that build servers will
> install the
> OS once and never upgrade it for the entire life of the hardware.
> When the
> server is decommissioned then you can replace it with new server hardware
> that has the new version of the OS on it.
No kidding... when I bought my Compaq ProLiant, it was running... get
this... Windows NT 3.51... *chokes and gags* But, it's like this, if it
ain't broke, don't fix it ('course, I've never seen a Microsoft product that
wasn't broke in some form or fashion... YMMV)
Sorry, back to your usual mailing list...
--- Andy
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