4.x era

[Allen]

On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:47:38 -0600
Brett Glass <brett at lariat.net> wrote:

> Indeed it was. Back in those days, they didn't jump a major version 
> number every three or four releases. They polished and polished and 
> POLISHED each version of the OS. The 4.x branch reached 
> 4.11-RELEASE before it was shut down, and 5.x was nowhere near as 
> good. Wish they'd pick a branch (8-STABLE or 9-STABLE) and do this again.

I remember those times too. In fact I still have my 4.0 - 4.11 CDs in my BSD binder. I too Hope that they go back to those Ultra-Stable super OSs. At least that's the way I think of it; a Super OS; That's exactly what I think of when I think of FreeBSD 4.0.

-Allen