Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:41:25 PDT From: "Some Person" <ntvsunix@hotmail.com> To: jswarner@uswest.net Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD at work Message-ID: <20000619054125.98226.qmail@hotmail.com>
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I can't say enough how much I totaly agree with you on everything you wrote... I think so much the same; you literally took the words right out of my mouth! :) You also gave me some greats ideas and I very much appreciate the time you took to write and express the things you did. Best Regards! >I work for a company (SMS) http://www.smed.com/ that writes medical >software on >the AS/400 for hospitals. Which, incidentally, will be purchased by >Siemens >Corp. http://www.siemens.de/en2/html/ by the end of this month. I'm an >Operations Technical Analyst and have worked in the tech dept. for the last >3 >years. My main responsibilities are AS/400 administration, LAN >administration >and special projects. I've used Linux, mostly Caldera & Red Hat, for the >last 2 >years and belong to a local linux users group (LUG). Wes Peters was the >main >influence for me switching to FreeBSD. He came to one of the LUG meetings >and >did an excellent presentation on FreeBSD and tossed new CD ROM sets of >FreeBSD >3.4 into the crowd. I was lucky to have been paying attention and caught >one! >Since I've started using FreeBSD, I haven't looked back either. I'm not >trying >to say anything derogatory about Linux either. I'm very grateful for the >exposure to Unix that I got from using Linux. For me, Linux provided the >necessary background/experience to allow me to make the transition to >FreeBSD. >Everything about FreeBSD just makes more sense to me and seems to be >organized >into a more logical order. Each day I work on the PC I've installed >FreeBSD on, >I find something new that is built into the system, which impresses me. I >could >list those things here but this response is going to be long enough! 8^) >Ok, >I'll mention a couple..I like how easy it is to load software/updates and >how >easy it is to compile the kernel. > > The primary OS of choice in our shop is WIN NT 4.0 and IBM OS/400 >(V4R4) and >like you, having been struggling with finding ways to impress upon >management >and the like, how powerful, cost effective and useful an OS like FreeBSD >would >be to utilize. So far, the best way I've seen is to demonstrate it's >abilities >in a more tangible manner, like setting up and demonstrating a web server >or >demonstrating it's network analysis capabilities with programs like TCPDUMP >or >Ethereal. Our head LAN administrator wanted a good LAN sniffer to trace >bottlenecks on our LAN/WAN and couldn't convince management to purchase a >sniffer or good sniffing software that would run on NT. I was able to show >him/them that we already had a solution with FreeBSD. As a result, they >were >pretty impressed. > > One of my managers made a valid point when he said that having only >one or >two people experienced with using FreeBSD or Linux won't work but if we get >half >the department trained on it, then we would be in a better position to use >it >and integrate it into our network structure more. > > I recently had someone on the linux-advocacy newsgroup tell me he >thought I >was into "silly stuff" for trying to implement an OS like FreeBSD or Linux >where >I work. He said that it won't be cost effective because it would be too >expensive to replace OS' like NT or OS/400 with Linux or FreeBSD. He >hinted >that it wouldn't make sense to replace technology already in place that >works. >I feel he misinterpreted my intentions. My goal isn't to replace existing >technology. My goal is to find and utilize technology that works! And >FreeBSD >certainly fits the bill. > > > > > > > > > Unfortunatly, I've run in many many times that FreeBSD could have been >used > > in replace of NT for our clients, much better, much faster, more >reliable, > > much more powerful, more granular in that it gives so much more control >over > > everything and anything, cheaper and the list just goes on and on... > > Only reason I don't get to actually implement this type thing is that >these > > seniors have no idea how to use FreeBSD and literally have no concept on >how > > it can outbeat MS Windows XX/XXXX in just about any area! > > It really bothers me! > > Any suggestions on how I can actually give them a better idea what it >can > > really do and maybe the chance to atleast give it a try. After all, it's > > 100% free!!! This could save my company, as well as our clients lots of > > money!!! Ahhh, drives me nuts thinking of it... > > > > > Just thought I'd pass on the news that FreeBSD had it's debut and > > >was put into action today where I work. As I said in a previous >email, > > >I installed FreeBSD 3.4 on a Compaq Deskpro 2000 (266mhz) machine the > > >other day and the install went without a hitch. I gave it a dedicated > > >IP address and got an Apache v1.3 web server going and an FTP server. > > >I've been tasked with managing our local intranet and plan on using the > > >FreeBSD machine as a test bed for comparing cost, stability and > > >performance to other web servers on different platforms like NT and > > >OS/400. I think it's already won the cost comparison. I created a >home > > >page and linked it to all of our Lotus Notes databases, that are > > >currently running on an AS/400 (V4R4) Domino Server. I couldn't >believe > > >the difference in speed! Accessing the databases through my Apache > > >server is a lot faster than using the notes client! The pages look a > > >lot better in HTML than the old boring flat database style you see when > > >using the notes client. Anyway, I gave my managers a demonstration and > > >they were pretty impressed. I think this is just the beginning. I > > >don't think I'm going to have a problem of finding ways to justify the > > >use of FreeBSD where I work anymore. FreeBSD rocks!! 8^) > > > > > >Joe > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I'm > > > not sure about the former. > > > -Albert Einstein. > > > 1879-1955. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >-- > > > > > > > > >Only two things are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity, and I'm > not sure about the former. > -Albert Einstein. > 1879-1955. > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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