From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 21 22:18:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from workhorse.iMach.com (workhorse.iMach.com [206.127.77.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B7A37C173 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 22:18:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from forrestc@workhorse.iMach.com) Received: from localhost (forrestc@localhost) by workhorse.iMach.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA01964; Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:13:43 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:13:41 -0700 (MST) From: "Forrest W. Christian" To: Jeff Palmer Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dot-0 releases In-Reply-To: <4.3.0.20000321203146.00a78940@mail.afcon.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm going to make a single statement and then shut up (which is weird for me).... It has been my experience over many many years that "dot-0" releases (meaning the initial release after a major change) are NOT what you want to stake your livelihood on no matter the product (whether it be FreeBSD, or Windows or Novell or...") or how well the product was tested by the "manufacturer". (well I lied, one more...) If you expect a .0 release to be 100% stable, you have either not been around the industry long enough or you haven't learned from the past. - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) KD7EHZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iMach, Ltd., P.O. Box 5749, Helena, MT 59604 http://www.imach.com Solutions for your high-tech problems. (406)-442-6648 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message