On Sat, 16 May 1998 19:30:09 -0700 
 Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com> wrote:

 > > BTW, since we obviously have to freeze things now at 1.2.1, and the
 > > planned lifetime of this system is 10 years, will anybody be around
 > > to answer NetBSD 1.2.1 questions in 2010?  :)
 > 
 > 1.2.1?   Are you *mad*?
 > 
 > Don't you mean 1.3.1?   In any case, fond as I am of NetBSD, I'm not
 > sure I believe in a 10-year uptime...   Although I'll be interested to
 > see... :')

Given the application, I'd say a "known system" is better, and I've
certainly seen 1.2.1 systems with ... long uptimes.  When you're doing
that sort of work, you may not necessarily be able to upgrade the OS
all the time.

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