Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:01:23 -0700 From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: adhir@forumone.com, "'Rich Winkel'" <rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu> Cc: kris@hub.freebsd.org, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org, manek@quadrunner.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.5-stable ? Message-ID: <19991013210123.A16352@best.com> In-Reply-To: <D1E51FFB3744D311973A00104BD1D6BE06D143@PLUTO>; from adhir@forumone.com on Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 03:05:29PM -0400 References: <D1E51FFB3744D311973A00104BD1D6BE0D5CBA@PLUTO> <D1E51FFB3744D311973A00104BD1D6BE06D143@PLUTO>
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acton% ssh s24 'uptime ; uname -a' 8:55PM up 427 days, 47 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.84, 0.63, 0.45 FreeBSD s24.yahoo.com 2.1-STABLE.Y-19971019 FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE.Y-19971019 #0: Thu Feb 19 01:50:10 PST 1998 root@s24.yahoo.com:/home/src/sys/compile/YAHOO i386 the spread is about 20% still in 2.1, 60% in 2.2 and 20% in 3.x the problem is not stability (we love 3.x) -- the problem is when you run a site this big, you use what works .. you can't risk downtime "just because we want to upgrade". Another major problem is that it takes time for engineering to port the code to newer versions. I suspect we will have no 2.1 machines in a year and no 2.2 machines in two or three. Legacy is a dangerous thing -- why do you think there are still shops which use dinosaurus-like mainframes with liquid cooling? ;) -- Yan On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 03:05:29PM -0400, adhir@forumone.com wrote: > Aah - good question - No idea... :-) > > I'd be surprised if Jordan didn't know, though... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rich Winkel [mailto:rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 2:49 PM > > To: Alok Dhir > > Cc: kris@hub.freebsd.org; mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org; > > manek@quadrunner.com; stable@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: 3.5-stable ? > > > > > > According to Alok K. Dhir: > > > Would the fact that Yahoo! runs FreeBSD (it does) satisfy > > your client...? > > > > Which version? That's the question. > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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