From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 29 12:17:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4A1316A401 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:17:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vaaf@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8037343D6A for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:17:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vaaf@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWW00JSD253AQ60@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:17:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from urban.broadpark.no ([213.187.181.70]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWW000EZ253U8G0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:17:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:17:31 +0200 From: Vaaf In-reply-to: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> To: Joseph Vella , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060329141021.023e9af8@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200603281234.11850.satyam@sklinks.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Why are so many people using 4.x? 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, 29 Mar 2006 12:17:36 -0000 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