Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:40:01 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@MooseRiver.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Subject: Re: why an old operating system Message-ID: <20080628224001.GA51721@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <18530.12356.508241.565774@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20080624225958.10007934@gom.home> <18530.12356.508241.565774@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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--EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 07:47:16AM -0400, Robert Huff wrote: >=20 > prad writes: >=20 > > 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 > > =20 > > why would a new system such as this be supplied with such an old > > os? >=20 > Possibly because they haven't tested to make sure it works with > anything more recent. (One might, or might not, speculate as to how > many FreeBSD systems they actually sell.) Genstor sells lots of FreeBSD systems. The company I work for has bought about 150 FreeBSD servers in the last 18 months from Genstor.=20 Josef --=20 Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 6.3 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFIZr3By8prLS1GYSERAnK/AJ0TtLO7WibS3kYbJaaPqE0qi8CmxACfWBeM nseXcv8Ju4YH1N9dAvcquYE= =SmLf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--
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