From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jun 5 08:10:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA18147 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axe.cablenet.net (axe.cablenet.net [194.154.36.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA18136 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 08:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from axe (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axe.cablenet.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA08139; Thu, 5 Jun 1997 16:07:29 +0100 Message-ID: <3396D631.1A9FB37F@cablenet.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1997 16:07:29 +0100 From: Damian Hamill Organization: CableNet Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Dixon CC: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: news server source for 95/NT References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jim Dixon wrote: > > On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > Damian Hamill wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know if there is there source available for a news server > > > that builds on 95/NT ? > > > > > I don't think that exists (yet). AFAIK to run a news server on NT, > > depending on the number of users you want, you require a license for a > > Microsoft product. (The University of Oregon found that out and moved to > > Linux.) > > Use FreeBSD. > > > > Pedro. > > Absolutely. NT will require 50% (100%?) more DRAM and will never > be able to carry a fully load without falling over. FreeBSD makes > an excellent news server. I don't dispute this. I think the target user will not be using it for a full feed though. regards damian -- * Damian Hamill M.D. damian@cablenet.net * CableNet & The Landscape Channel * http://www.cablenet.net/ http://www.landscapetv.com/