Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:48:41 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: speaking of 3.4... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19991123124841.01899ad0@staff.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <85903pw3fn.fsf@lflat.dp.ua> References: <"Daniel C. Sobral"'s message of "Tue, 23 Nov 1999 18:17:02 %2B0900"> <3378.943323218@localhost> <383A5B8E.DF84AAA7@newsguy.com>
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At 06:58 PM 11/23/99 +0200, Vadim Belman wrote: > Hm, I know few people who think twice before choosing FreeBSD for > their needs. They think versions change too fast. For some this is > a sign of bad stability (heh...) others just scared of necessity of > following the releases. > > Surely enough, I do explain the real situation whenever > possible. But how many are still thinking wrong way? How many users > does FreeBSD lose because of revisions chapping and and changing? > (We must remember that what seems normal for us is a black box for > decent users.) Well, I am sure there are people out there using NT4.0 without any service packs (let alone hot fixes), or security hole infested applications (e.g. root exploitable qpoopper). That sort of attitude is a problem when approaching any OS. FreeBSD 2.x and 3.x has been the most stable platform we use here period. If your customers/users are worried about the oh so many releases, tell them there is only one release. 3.[1-4] are 4 service packs to FreeBSD 3. Wait, that term might tarnish the good name of FreeBSD! Here is one of our internal servers % uptime 12:45PM up 526 days, 5:39, 3 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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