From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 19:01:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DCD816A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 19:01:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-in.m-online.net (svr8.m-online.net [62.245.150.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1656E43D1D for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 19:00:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from h@schmalzbauer.de) Received: from mail.m-online.net (svr14.m-online.net [192.168.3.144]) by svr8.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEB545ED2; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 04:00:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from cale.flintsbach.schmalzbauer.de (ppp-62-245-233-43.mnet-online.de [62.245.233.43]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9155E315EC; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 04:00:54 +0100 (CET) From: Harald Schmalzbauer To: "David D.W. Downey" , "'Lowell Gilbert'" , Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 04:00:53 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: In-Reply-To: X-Birthday: 06 Oktober 1972 X-Name: Harald Schmalzbauer X-Phone1: +49 (0) 163 555 3237 X-Phone2: +49 (0) 89 18947781 X-Address: Munich, 80686 X-Country: Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_mZ3+/TdB/F200Xp"; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200401070400.54278@harrymail> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial Distribution? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 03:01:16 -0000 --Boundary-02=_mZ3+/TdB/F200Xp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 07 January 2004 03:14, David D.W. Downey wrote: > And how is that different from Linux? FreeBSD is an Operating System, so = is > Red Hat, Debian, Stampede, SLS, Slackware, and on and on. FreeBSD does the You name it. These are all different operating systems arround a linux kern= el.=20 =46reeBSD is the operating system, linux isn't. That's the whole difference. =2DHarry P.S: Lot's of tools are developed by *BSD developers and included instead o= f=20 GNU versions (ls e.g.) > same thing. FreeBSD didn't develop OpenSSL but it includes it, nor did it > develop SSH or swat, but it includes them. Just as linux distributions do. > > There is no big difference. Linux has more commercial support including > first tier support, ala IBM, Compaq, Dell, and to s much shorter extent S= un > Microsystems. > > You'll find many web hosting firms that offer managed care that can handle > the operating system complete with technical support on most dedicated > boxes. However, remember there that you're dealing with web farming. > > I don't know of many larger firms that offer specificly FreeBSD assistance > except through VARs or custom box shops. If this is the route you=92re > looking to take, I'd be more than happy to lend assistance. > > David D.W. Downey > > > You're touching on a big difference between Linux and FreeBSD; FreeBSD > > is an operating system, whereas Linux is a kernel which can be packaged > > with different programs. You can make do anything you want with > > FreeBSD, modify it all you want, release it (or not) along with the > > source code (or not), but you can't claim it''s FreeBSD any more... > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_mZ3+/TdB/F200Xp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/+3ZmBylq0S4AzzwRArkyAJ0SCyQ1e4uyqqVWxBE73cE5dFIoVwCeIoIm Sg+VrRI8RFZjkWbZJBejLaE= =mqhp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_mZ3+/TdB/F200Xp--