From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 28 22:49:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E741065673 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:49:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: from gdead.mooseriver.com (gdead.mooseriver.com [205.166.121.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9500C8FC0A for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:49:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: by gdead.mooseriver.com (Postfix, from userid 2010) id 26D8063356; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on gdead.mooseriver.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from mooseriver.com (berkeley.mooseriver.com [75.61.201.134]) by gdead.mooseriver.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9880B6332E; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mooseriver.com (Postfix, from userid 200) id 760872E5D0C; Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:01 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: Robert Huff Message-ID: <20080628224001.GA51721@mooseriver.com> References: <20080624225958.10007934@gom.home> <18530.12356.508241.565774@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18530.12356.508241.565774@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: Moose River, LLC Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, prad Subject: Re: why an old operating system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:49:10 -0000 --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 07:47:16AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: >=20 > prad writes: >=20 > > in our search for servers we contacted genstor (on the freebsd > > compatible hardware list) and a very nice fellow talked to us and > > sent us a quote. it was out of our price range, but i was very > > puzzled to see that the brand new and powerful system they were > > putting together was going to be operating with freebsd 5.4 > > =20 > > why would a new system such as this be supplied with such an old > > os? >=20 > Possibly because they haven't tested to make sure it works with > anything more recent. (One might, or might not, speculate as to how > many FreeBSD systems they actually sell.) Genstor sells lots of FreeBSD systems. The company I work for has bought about 150 FreeBSD servers in the last 18 months from Genstor.=20 Josef --=20 Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFIZr3By8prLS1GYSERAnK/AJ0TtLO7WibS3kYbJaaPqE0qi8CmxACfWBeM nseXcv8Ju4YH1N9dAvcquYE= =SmLf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--