Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 15:25:20 -0800 From: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@quadrunner.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, "Vadim Belman" <voland@plab.ku.dk> Cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net>, <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: speaking of 3.4... Message-ID: <NDBBKDINCKINCMKCHGCIAEJLCDAA.manek@quadrunner.com> In-Reply-To: <1797.943377479@localhost>
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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jordan K. = Hubbard >=20 > > Hm, I know few people who think twice before choosing FreeBSD for > > their needs. They think versions change too fast. For some this is > > a sign of bad stability (heh...) others just scared of necessity of > > following the releases. >=20 > We keep our -stable branches going for more than a year each time. > In this industry, that's a geological age. I think the people > you're talking to must have lost their sense of proportion. >=20 I think FreeBSD has kept a reasonable product lifecycle, granted the = 2.x.x product life cycle ran a lot longer, but that was a different = market compared to the market that 3.x and 4.x will exist in. If = anything the FreeBSD developers should be applauded for not having the = kernel/os of the day syndrome. mike@sentex.net recently posted an uptime of 526 days, that suggests = that it hasn't been upgraded to 3.x yet. Just because the new version is = out, doesn't mean it needs an upgrade. You need to evaluate your systems = needs, and compare it with the features available in the next release. Sameer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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