Why are so many people using 4.x?

[Glenn Dawson]

At 04:17 AM 3/29/2006, Vaaf wrote:
>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.

Your analogy is horribly flawed.

The fact that something has been around for a while and is still in 
widespread use, speaks very much to it's strengths, and very little 
to it's weaknesses.

>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.

Besides being flame bait, I think you'll find little support for your 
"little theory" on this list.

-Glenn


>Thank you all,
>Vaaf
>
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