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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!news.wctc.net!spcuna!tzlink.j51.com!lepslog From: lepslog@j51.com (Louis Epstein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mirror sites for FTP Uneven!! Date: 9 Oct 1995 01:26:19 GMT Organization: TZ-Link, a public-access online community in Nyack, NY. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <459tnr$g6v@tzlink.j51.com> References: <451qef$5n3@tzlink.j51.com> <455a6f$27o@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: j51.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : Louis Epstein <lepslog@j51.com> wrote: : >...while the FreeBSD on offer at the gatekeeper.dec site is version : > ====> 1.1.5.1!!! <==== : I think this is on purpose; Walnut Creek was legally prohibited to : distribute Net-2 based code, but there still used to be a demand for : 1.1.5.1, so the people at gatekeeper apparently decided to keep this : version for distribution. There are enough people who are keen to get : a rock-solid system, instead of the latest&greatest bits, and i assume : there are still many working 1.1.5.1 systems around. Those systems : tend to stay up for several months between reboots (and they are often : used in a commercial environment), so you don't hear anything from : them... : I think once that 2.1 will be born, there's no longer a need for : 1.1.5.1. So it's taken that long to get back to "rock solid"? Still wondering what D-day for 2.1R is...