Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 13:48:13 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: Adam Turoff <aturoff@isinet.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd vs. linux and NT chart Message-ID: <4.1.19990302134418.00a12530@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990302153710.22218Z-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes .com> References: <4.1.19990302132445.040f6d40@localhost>
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At 03:38 PM 3/2/99 -0500, Bill Fumerola wrote: >RELENG_2_2 is dead. RELENG_3 is whats here and now. If so, it's dead too soon. One should always wait for the .2 or .3 release of ANYTHING one is using on a production system. Especially since 3.0 was SPECIFICALLY labeled as not ready for mission-critical systems. >We've put this off long enough. jkh can give you million reasons why he is >more happy with the 2-floppy solution. Well, we all know that Jordan worked long and hard on the install code and did all sorts of tricks to keep it to one floppy. Nonetheless, I think that this is an important selling point. Also, from a technical standpoint, there's no reason why a single floppy can't reach out to the installation media and bring in any code that won't fit. This may well be an opportunity to leapfrog Linux once again. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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