From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 06:01:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C82106566C for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:01:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0BC78FC0A for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:01:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr5so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.50]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0K3000L8R8O1NR40@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:01 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.145]) by pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K3000M2R8O1EI50@pd4mr5so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:01 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home ([70.67.160.176]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0K3000G678O02G10@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0600 (MDT) Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2920BB842 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:59:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:59:58 -0700 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080624225958.10007934@gom.home> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: why an old operating system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:01:14 -0000 in our search for servers we contacted genstor (on the freebsd compatible hardware list) and a very nice fellow talked to us and sent us a quote. it was out of our price range, but i was very puzzled to see that the brand new and powerful system they were putting together was going to be operating with freebsd 5.4 why would a new system such as this be supplied with such an old os? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's