Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 18:48:39 -0500 (EST) From: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org> To: Ron Bickers <rbickers@intercenter.net> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI and binary compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970312183538.12910A-100000@ns2.harborcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970312164932.306A-100000@bigboy.intercenter.net>
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On Wed, 12 Mar 1997, Ron Bickers wrote: > I've considered switching things to FreeBSD, but we do have a few binary > only products (and I know there are others available) for BSDI. Does > anyone know how compatible BSDI binaries are with FreeBSD and if the > developers intend to continue compatibility? We have a customer running BSDI binaries of the Netscape Commerce Server on FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE no problem. I hear the support for BSDI binaries is even better in 2.2 (as is the Linux support). I'm not a developer but I think they realize the desirability of compatibility and will do their best to keep it. > Also, any opinions from those that know both BSDI and FreeBSD are welcome > as to the strengths and weakness of each. We used to have a mixed BSDI/FreeBSD environment. Switching over to FreeBSD-only was fairly easy (after recompiling the world to support 16 character login names). Some of the shortcomings BSDI had that we didn't like are supposedly fixed now (like a clean flag in the superblock), but we would never consider going back. I really don't see any major advantages of BSDI over FreeBSD for ISP use, unless you need technical support (which costs extra anyway). Besides, the FreeBSD mailing lists are usually excellent for support. pbd
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