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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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Subject: Re: 2.1.5->2.2.1?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.970505143556.25464B-100000@beacon.synthcom.com> from Neil Bradley at "May 5, 97 02:36:31 pm"
To: neil@synthcom.com (Neil Bradley)
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 09:59:00 +0200 (MET DST)
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> What do I gain by upgrading from 2.1.5 to 2.2.1? I'm considering it 
> *VERY* seriously, and wondered what other people's opinions are in 
> regards to this. ;-) Thanks!

better ATAPI CDROM support
better security (hopefully) if your machine is networked.
(more exploit holes stuffed - ftpd, lpd, sendmail)
javac support

come to mind

> 
> -->Neil
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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de