Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:56:00 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: HANY AHMED <zhany_2000@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <20000326185600.U86036@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20000326173613.4389.qmail@web3606.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20000326173613.4389.qmail@web3606.mail.yahoo.com>
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HANY AHMED wrote: > please, send me the answer of the following question > > what are the main advantages of unix/bsd over nt ? BSD is based on very old code, so let's say it's had quite a bit of testing. BSD is open source, so you don't have to wait for a single company to fix bugs. That's not to say you fix your own bugs; expecting every BSD user to know about kernel internals is silly (but if you do, you can fix them). Just a few days ago I reported a bug, and it was fixed and I was able to use the fixed version within 12 hours. How often do you expect to get that sort of response time from Microsoft for an NT bug? How often would you even get a *response* within 12 hours, let alone a fix?? These are just two advantages I thought of off the top of my head. I'll leave someone with facts and figures to show you the reliablility and performance benefits BSD (or any other Unix) has over NT. You'll find more information at <http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/>; too (I think that's the right URL). -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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