Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:12:37 +0200 From: Alessandro Spinella <a.spinella@rfc1925.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quality operating system Message-ID: <4E536F05.6090000@rfc1925.net> In-Reply-To: <20110823102439.e0e71e0d.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <3396736345-1119661735@intranet.com.mx> <8D1916B6-889F-4ECB-8455-17FE27F52684@d3photography.com> <3396744913-1119661742@intranet.com.mx> <20110823102439.e0e71e0d.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 08/23/11 10:24, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:13:32 -0500, Jorge Biquez wrote: >> Seriously I would like to see or hear about the comparison chart >> between all OSs. And a question arrive to my mind... if for some >> reason, I know it is impossible, but if for some reason FreeBSD would >> stop existing... serious users of FreeBSD, what would be your next OS? Why? > > Surely one of the other BSDs (OpenBSD as 1st choice, NetBSD as > second), maybe some of the more "UNIX-like" Linusi (the "too > complicated" ones, maybe those relying on source), and of course > Solaris and Mac OS X are worth mentioning here. Those systems > could be productive and good to maintain if FreeBSD should ever > disappear. > ciao, i reference to rule #10 of RFC1925 that states : <<One size never fit all>> from my point of view it is a truth also in OS, not only in networking. as long as my goal is a videogame station the "quality" OS maybe very different from the one i will consider "qualitative" for a webfarm. in short the goal drives choice, and from my experience (over 35 years in IT) FreeBSD is the best-fit for use in internetworking, partially due to his resilence, partially for the overall quality of the kernel, partially for the ease-of-use, the ease-to-understood, open-source software availability and more "minor" properties it is relatively simple to build and maintain a webfarm with FreeBSD as the *exclusive* OS without fear of "hackers", spam, virus and almost all internet-zoo. in short : i *love* FreeBSD, if ever it will die feel there are more and more volunteers to bulid a new one that will honour the "twelve networking rules" cheers Alessandro
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