Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:20:30 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> Cc: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <20060329172030.GA77187@xor.obsecurity.org> 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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 02:17:31PM +0200, 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. 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. ...because you have none of your own. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEKsHeWry0BWjoQKURAo4QAJ0ZFZvp4CWfk9kk91EJgGLded5NTQCfVXSK y1dR5XCnc3+maGevnSeS3r8= =iXGf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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