> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jordan K. Hubbard
>
> > 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.
>
> We keep our -stable branches going for more than a year each time.
> In this industry, that's a geological age. I think the people
> you're talking to must have lost their sense of proportion.
>
I think FreeBSD has kept a reasonable product lifecycle, granted the 2.x.x product
life cycle ran a lot longer, but that was a different market compared to the market
that 3.x and 4.x will exist in. If anything the FreeBSD developers should be applauded
for not having the kernel/os of the day syndrome.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] recently posted an uptime of 526 days, that suggests that it hasn't
been upgraded to 3.x yet. Just because the new version is out, doesn't mean it needs
an upgrade. You need to evaluate your systems needs, and compare it with the features
available in the next release.
Sameer
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