From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 17:20:32 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 199D716A422 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:20:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8200843D4C for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 17:20:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6450F1A4DCE; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:20:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D06EE5152B; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:20:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:20:30 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway To: Vaaf Message-ID: <20060329172030.GA77187@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060329141021.023e9af8@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060329141021.023e9af8@broadpark.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Joseph Vella , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 17:20:32 -0000 --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 > >overwhelming reason > >why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server= =20 > >(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? >=20 > 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 mo= re > you build the more building is likely to collapse. This is now the case w= ith > 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. =2E..because you have none of your own. Kris --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEKsHeWry0BWjoQKURAo4QAJ0ZFZvp4CWfk9kk91EJgGLded5NTQCfVXSK y1dR5XCnc3+maGevnSeS3r8= =iXGf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--