Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 04:15:49 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org> To: Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new freebsd slogan!!! Message-ID: <20030907041549.2d583981.dmp@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20030905104403.GA20795@pasternak.w.lub.pl> References: <3F57E69B.4020008@gte.net> <20030905053242.37971.qmail@web40402.mail.yahoo.com> <20030905104403.GA20795@pasternak.w.lub.pl>
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On 2003.09.05 12:44:03 +0200, Michal Pasternak <michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl> wrote: > RexFelis [Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 10:32:42PM -0700]: > > FreeBSD: The 'set it and forget it' OS. > > Really? You never patched any working -STABLE installation? In August of 1999, I built a DSL router with a 100MHz Pentium and FreeBSD 3.2-R. It was locked down as tight as it got, with the only access via serial terminal. After two years, the disk failed, quite literally grinding to a halt. The disk was replaced, the RAM upgraded to 64MB, and 4.3-R installed with the same configuration. To date, there has been only one bug affecting the machine (lsrr/ssrr flags). It's still doing its job just as well as it did 4 years ago, quietly ignored. A router is situation where it's easy to sacrifice functionality to gain security and reliability. But 4 years of reliable service is no minor achievement on late-90s PC hardware.
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