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Date:      Sun, 18 Jun 2000 15:55:52 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
To:        Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net>
Cc:        Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: BSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.0006181541330.59366-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
In-Reply-To: <20000618155425.A54149@hyperhost.net>

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On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Patrick Seal wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 13:52:47 -0500i, Chris Dillon wrote:
> > I'll testify to that one.  I had -*sniffle*- a FreeBSD 2.2.6-BETA
> > (yes, BETA, an early one) box of my own design running for somewhere
> > around 850 to 900 days, or close to two and a half years, before an
> 
> Were you using the box for something other than uptime? Was it being used
> as a gateway or server of some sort?

Yes, it still is serving as a Samba file/print server in an
optometrist's office for about eight Win9X workstations running a
common office management application.  It isn't exactly under heavy
load, but it does an extremely important job.

BTW, it breezed right through the "Y2K" thing, no
patches/reboots/etc., obviously.  If it were running NT, well, you
know.  :-)


-- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net
   FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet.
   For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures. ( http://www.freebsd.org )




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