Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:16:24 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jim Cassata <jim@web-ex.com> Cc: Shawn Workman <sworkman@nidlink.com>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Migration to FreeBSD Message-ID: <36B0D3A8.73A3E571@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901281104060.27966-100000@Homer.Web-Ex.com>
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Jim Cassata wrote:
>
> We can all report on where and when Microsoft products are appropriate (on
> the desktops for most users) but what will probably convince your boss is
> by showing him that you are capable of supporting a FreeBSD environment.
> (and that means knowing where to find the answers, not necessarily having
> them all up front) Set up a box for him and run email and www and
> firewall services, then let him toy with the idea of more powerful
> hardware and licensing/consulting costs on a less reliable Windows
> alternative.
Jim makes an excellent point here. Keep in mind that FreeBSD is efficient
enough that you could easily do the above with a cast-off Pentium desktop
system; even a P100 makes a powerful mail & DNS server. My mail/DNS/
source code/everything server is a 486/66 with 32MB RAM, and hasn't paged
since I "upgraded" it to server status and stopped running X. ;^)
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com
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