why an old operating system

[Ryan Coleman]

Derek Ragona wrote:
> At 12:59 AM 6/25/2008, prad wrote:
>> in our search for servers we contacted genstor (on the freebsd
>> compatible hardware list) and a very nice fellow talked to us and sent
>> us a quote. it was out of our price range, but i was very puzzled to see
>> that the brand new and powerful system they were putting together was
>> going to be operating with freebsd 5.4
>>
>> why would a new system such as this be supplied with such an old os?
>>
>> -- 
>> In friendship,
>> prad
>
> Prad,
>
> You'd need to ask them why they are using such an old version.
>
> The good news is that FreeBSD  will run on almost any x86 motherboard, 
> you need to check compatibility for things like RAID cards  and other 
> specialized peripherals.
You could consider switching hosts. My host is running 6.3 and is very 
stable, fast and (IMO) affordable. If you're interested in their contact 
info, let me know.
--
Ryan