From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 06:01:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D04037B401; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:01:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [66.111.41.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C7943FB1; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:01:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 9DC0CDA9; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:01:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CBE6C5F; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:01:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:01:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: David Schultz In-Reply-To: <20030610095803.GB14407@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Message-ID: <20030611060041.U15094-100000@moo.sysabend.org> X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:01:07 -0000 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, David Schultz wrote: > Thankfully FreeBSD does not have a dedicated marketing department. > Apparently after Sun multithreaded its kernel and released Solaris > 2.0, people weren't willing to call it stable until 2.3 or so. It > will be interesting to see how FreeBSD does a decade later. > Performance aside, things seem to be looking pretty good so far. Solaris 2.3? Stable? You'll excuse while I die laughing now. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen