Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:56:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "John Howie" <JHowie@msn.com> Cc: "Nate Williams" <nate@yogotech.com>, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 Message-ID: <200010022056.OAA19000@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <039501c02cb3$16fcd390$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net> References: <21970.970515180@critter> <036301c02caa$ebc17300$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net> <200010022000.OAA18288@nomad.yogotech.com> <039501c02cb3$16fcd390$fd01a8c0@pacbell.net>
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> From: "Nate Williams" <nate@yogotech.com> > To: "John Howie" <JHowie@msn.com> > Cc: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>; "Brett Glass" > <brett@lariat.org>; <chat@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: ftpd bug in FreeBSD through at least 3.4 > > > > > However, back to the issue at hand. Microsoft doesn't support old OS's > > like Win95 and NT3.5/4.0. Heck, support for Win98 just ended with the > > release of WinME. > > NT 4 and Windows 98 are still supported, Windows 95 was recently retired, > but limited on-line support is still available. The response is often 'upgrade to Win98'. I'm not going to pay $150 for them to tell me that again. PHK just gave you the same 'support' that Microsoft would give you in a support call for free. (Seriously). > > There are *lots* of critical bugs in Win95, NT3.5, and NT 4.0 that exist > > today. Microsoft's response to the bugfixes is 'We don't support older > > versions of the OS. You must upgrade to a supported OS (WinME, Win2K), > > in order to get up to date support.) > > Microsoft adopts a policy of supporting a product based on the percentage of > users using it. This is simply not true. Microsoft drops a product as soon as possible. Trying to get support for older versions of software is nearly impossible, unless you have a boatload of cash. However, that same option exists for you. FreeBSD has a number of developers who will jump through all kinds of hoops for you, for a *LOT* less money than Microsoft charges for support. > They guarantee at least two revisions old will be supported. This is simply not true, at least in my experience. They have told me and my users too often that upgrading is the only 'viable' alternative, short of spending mega-bucks that no company has the ability to spend. (Especially with their obnoxious licensing/upgrade policy...) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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