On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
> past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2
> years tomorrow. I plan on putting on my blog but as it doesn't have much
> reach but wan
On Wednesday 08 October 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
> > Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
> > past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2
> > years tomorrow. I plan on puttin
On Wed 2008-10-08 09:21:53 UTC-0700, Jeremy Chadwick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I don't want to rain on your parade, but uptime ultimately means squat.
Agreed.
> I can install FreeBSD on a box under my desk at home, on a UPS, and
> leave it powered on for the next 30 years -- it tells people a
--On Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:54:47 -0500 Chad Marshall
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2
years tomorrow. I plan on putting on my blog but as it does
andrew clarke wrote:
>
> Is FreeBSD 7.1 2038-proof? ;-)
>
As far as I know the amd64 version is (anyone care to verify/correct?)
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
> past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2
> years tomorrow. I plan on putting on my blog but as it doesn't have
>
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Frank Shute wrote:
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
Hello,
Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2
years tomorrow. I plan on putting on my blog b
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Duane Hill wrote:
| On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Frank Shute wrote:
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|> On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
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|>>
|>> Hello,
|>>
|>> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
|>> past but one of my ser
On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 22:47 +, Duane Hill wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Frank Shute wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the
> >> past but one of my servers r
Nice, but what does port audit say?
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:54 AM, Chad Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the past
> but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2 years
> tomorrow. I plan on putting
No Problem, I figured that there are other systems out there with a
longer uptime. I have this server as a postfix/courier-imap/
squirrelmail (60+ accounts and 30-40 forwards) mailserver with apache/
php/mysql. Also use it as a slave authoritative nameserver for over
100 zones (one zone wit
why is this news or even important? heck most servers are up longer then
this.
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Well sometimes you don't need to upgrade and you aren't connected to the
internet directly.
elephant: {25} uptime
5:54PM up 1756 days, 7:07, 2 users, load averages: 1.04, 1.01, 1.00
elephant 4.9-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE #0: Mon Oct 27 17:51:09 GMT 2003
This machine is semi-retired now but
Well sometimes you don't need to upgrade and you aren't connected to
the
internet directly.
elephant: {25} uptime
5:54PM up 1756 days, 7:07, 2 users, load averages: 1.04, 1.01, 1.00
elephant 4.9-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE #0: Mon Oct 27 17:51:09 GMT
2003
This machin
Sorry to bother you...You know, you could just leave well enough
alone if you don't care. There goes any future donations from me and
my organization as this is more than the first untactful email I
recieved from this, I'll donate and use other platforms. Please don't
send any other emai
On Behalf Of matt donovan
> why is this news or even important? heck most servers
> are up longer then this.
It's neither. But the discussion proved useful as it served to remind me
that there are security updates that need to be reviewed periodically,
even for machines that are not directly conn
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:07:31AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
>
> Sorry to bother you...You know, you could just leave well enough
> alone if you don't care. There goes any future donations from me and
> my organization as this is more than the first untactful email I
> recieved from this,
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:07:31AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
>
> Sorry to bother you...You know, you could just leave well enough
> alone if you don't care. There goes any future donations from me and
> my organization as this is more than the first untactful email I
> recieved from this
Eitan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> andrew clarke wrote:
>>
>> Is FreeBSD 7.1 2038-proof? ;-)
>>
>
> As far as I know the amd64 version is (anyone care to verify/correct?)
All 64-bit platforms have 64-bit time_t, so that covers most of the
possible problems. Even on 32-bit platforms, the
Here's what I said to the last guy who says my skin is thin, just
leave well enough alone and drop it please. Seems your skin is thin as
well if you can't handle a little back talk :)
Well, I can always except critism. The problem is that I don't need
rude responses for something I thought
On Oct 8, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Chad Marshall wrote:
No Problem, I figured that there are other systems out there with a
longer uptime. I have this server as a postfix/courier-imap/
squirrelmail (60+ accounts and 30-40 forwards) mailserver with
apache/php/mysql. Also use it as a slave authori
--On Thursday, October 09, 2008 09:34:02 -0500 Jerry McAllister
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:07:31AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
Sorry to bother you...You know, you could just leave well enough
alone if you don't care. There goes any future donations from me and
my
Hi,
2008/10/9 Chad Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Well, I can always except critism. The problem is that I don't need rude
> responses for something I thought would be something to share for your
> organization, a success story of FreeBSD. Only for people to call me lazy
> and say "Big Deal". If
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Chad Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe you should put someone in charge of answering emails
> who aren't
> cocky and smug
This is a public mailing list. No one is in charge of answering mails to it.
When sending to -questions, you are emailing the community of p
Chad Marshall wrote:
Here's what I said to the last guy who says my skin is thin, just leave
well enough alone and drop it please. Seems your skin is thin as well if
you can't handle a little back talk :)
Well, I can always except critism. The problem is that I don't need rude
responses fo
2008/10/9 Jon Radel:
>
> Dear Mr. Marshall:
>
> I'm terribly sorry that our representatives in charge of answering emails
> have been rude to you. I've just fired the lot of them, particularly as we
> can't afford to keep then on anymore seeing as how your generous donations
> are now in jeopardy.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/10/9 Jon Radel:
>>
>> Dear Mr. Marshall:
>>
>> I'm terribly sorry that our representatives in charge of answering emails
>> have been rude to you. I've just fired the lot of them, particularly as we
>> can't afford
Hi,
2008/10/9 Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I love the direction this thread has taken. First, humorous, then it
> will turn into flames. I bet all my US$:-)
Well, I do not have much to lose in terms of USD ;) but I cannot
really understand why some people are still sort of getting
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2008/10/9 Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I love the direction this thread has taken. First, humorous, then it
> > will turn into flames. I bet all my US$:-)
>
> Well, I do not have much to lose in
Chad Marshall wrote:
Here's what I said to the last guy who says my skin is thin, just
leave well enough alone and drop it please. Seems your skin is thin as
well if you can't handle a little back talk :)
Well, I can always except critism. The problem is that I don't need
rude responses for s
On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 05:11:13PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
But the discussion that followed made me realize that uptime is not
everything. I also love to see huge uptimes on my servers but if
anything this discussion brought it home to me that more than anything
I need to take care of sec
Lowell Gilbert wrote:
[snip]
And in theory it should be possible to change time_t to unsigned, and
get another two-thirds of a century out of it...
However this would break binary compatibility with anything compiled
before the change.
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Thank you. Although I have always felt there are better systems for
Administrative purposes, FreeBSD is a rock solid performer. I'm a Mac
user/Fan as well and since a lot of it's core was built on FreeBSD, goes
to show how great it is. Thanks to all of you who were at least
constructive and su
>> uptime 2 years!
Congratulations. Long uptimes should be shared, so as to encourage people to
consider FreeBSD for long-term stability. Thank you for posting.
Through this discussion the lazy administrator topic came up... In
regards to that, we
must keep in mind, 'stability,' pertains not only
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Eitan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Eitan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: uptime 2 years!
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 8:41 PM
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> [snip]
> > And in th
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Eitan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Eitan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: uptime 2 years!
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 8:41 PM
> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> [snip]
> > And in th
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 06:00:38PM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
>
> No Problem, I figured that there are other systems out there with a
> longer uptime. I have this server as a postfix/courier-imap/
> squirrelmail (60+ accounts and 30-40 forwards) mailserver with apache/
> php/mysql. Also use
Zbigniew Szalbot:
2008/10/9 Jon Radel:
Dear Mr. Marshall:
I'm terribly sorry that our representatives in charge of answering emails
have been rude to you. I've just fired the lot of them, particularly as we
can't afford to keep then on anymore seeing as how your generous donations
are now in j
8 9:56 AM
> To: User Questions
> Cc: Chad Marshall; Jon Radel
> Subject: Re: uptime 2 years!
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 2008/10/9 Jon Radel:
> >>
> >> Dear Mr. Marshall:
> >>
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 10:52 -0400, Mikel King wrote:
> On Oct 8, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Chad Marshall wrote:
>
> > No Problem, I figured that there are other systems out there
with a
> > longer uptime. I have this server as a
postfix/courier-im
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 10:03 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Thursday, October 09, 2008 09:34:02 -0500 Jerry
McAllister
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:07:31AM -0700, Chad Marshall
wrote:
>
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 07:50 -0700, Chad Marshall wrote:
> Here's what I said to the last guy who says my skin is thin,
just
> leave well enough alone and drop it please. Seems your skin is
thin as
> well if you can't handle a little back talk :)
> I love the direction this thread has taken. First, humorous,
then it
> will turn into flames. I bet all my US$:-)
>
Unfortunately that doesn't really offer much value anymore with
the
recent market downturn- got anything else to
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