Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:17:31 +0200 From: Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> To: Joseph Vella <satyam@sklinks.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060329141021.023e9af8@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com>
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At 22:34 28.03.2006, Joseph Vella wrote: >I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any >overwhelming reason >why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server (just >for play) on my home network using a PII machine. Am I better off using an >older version for such old equipment? If so, do any particular versions >stand out? FreeBSD, and UNIX for that matter, is based off 30-year-old concepts. Noboy can deny this. That being said, you can compare the development of FreeBSD to building a skyscraper on shallow grounds. Naturally, the more you build the more building is likely to collapse. This is now the case with the old FreeBSD (in which a couple of smart guys decided to savior into DragonFly) versus the new FreeBSD. I think the same thing is happening with Windows versus Vista. As OS development progresses, this little theory of mine will become more and more obvious. If anyone on this list can contribute with facts and observations to strenghten this theory, I would really appreciate it. Thank you all, Vaaf
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