Do we need this junk?

[Nikolas Britton]

On 4/6/07, Julian Elischer <julian at elischer.org> wrote:
>
> I think some of the frustration people have shown with you is because
> you don't seem to appreciate how much this issue is constantly thought
> about and how the current state is not just an "accident of history".
>
> We have a LOT  of old systems running around the world.
>

But the old systems don't need the latest and greatest copy of
FreeBSD! This is why we provide errata / security fixes. The systems
are a static non moving target ???