From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 3 09:48:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18164 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:48:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isis.dynip.com ([139.141.220.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18055 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:47:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@isis.dynip.com) From: root@isis.dynip.com Received: (from root@localhost) by isis.dynip.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id UAA66460 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:46:40 +0300 (AST) (envelope-from root) Message-Id: <199902031746.UAA66460@isis.dynip.com> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:46:40 +0300 (AST) Reply-To: root@isis.dynip.com Subject: Re: Stability of FreeBSD vs Linux 2.1.x / 2.2.1 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990129155451.P8473@freebie.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 29 Jan, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 21:10:06 -0500, EKuklajr@aol.com wrote: >> My company is looking into re-writing our MS-DOS application as a Unix >> application and i am seriously considering Open source projects such as >> FreeBSD and Linux as our workstation OS. Is there any study or data >> indicating which release is the most stable for our Intel Pentium platforms? >> Or are they equivalent? Stability is important as our machines are toxic gas >> monitors (running 24/7/365), and reliability is very VERY important. > > I think that, compared to MS-DOS, both are incredibly stable. As > Jason says, it's difficult to make accurate comparisons. One approach > would be to port to both platforms: they're similar enough that this > should be no more difficult than porting to just one. For *real* > reliablity, run one machine with each. This would, incidentally, put > you in the best position to ascertain the relative reliability of the > systems for your particular application. Hey Greg, What a clever answer, you are a real genius. One thing is worth telling the author of the original message, it is your job if you are going to go ahead with such a test, to insure that NO BUGS in your own software that would trigger a crash on one system, but fails to do the same for the other. God help you man. (TOXIC WASTE), I hope that's not interfering with any ozone layer or anything ;-) -- - MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU. ~o .^. ---------------------------- ___ o~ .00 ) Static Email : osiris2002@yahoo.com /| o~ /)( Bouncing Email : root@isis.dynip.com / | | \ Web Site : http://isis.dynip.com:80 (Frames) ___/ | / \ Anon FTP Site : ftp://isis.dynip.com:21 (anonymous) | /''___/ / | Gopher Site : gopher://isis.dynip.com:70 | /'''/___/ | Network News : isis.dynip.com (Read, Post, Xfer) __|/'''/ Mailing Lists : majordomo@isis.dynip.com (public) pgp key : finger root@isis.dynip.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message