From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 6 12:18:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 976B416A505 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:18:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C125A43D46 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:18:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.7/8.13.7/Debian-2) with ESMTP id k86CHB1m005285 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:17:22 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id k86CHQ2D062753; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:17:29 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id k86CFOg4062728; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:15:24 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 15:15:14 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Bill-Schoolcraft Message-ID: <20060906121514.GA62439@gothmog.pc> References: <20060905113248.52614.qmail@web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.815, required 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL -0.22, BAYES_00 -2.60, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: backyard , freebsd-questions , "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Subject: Re: solaris X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:18:05 -0000 On 2006-09-05 22:50, Bill-Schoolcraft wrote: > If just a "relatively" small handful of dedicated FreeBSD coders can > produce an OS that will install on damm near "ANYTHING" I always found > it troubling that SUN Microsystems, with all it's resources, could > not, at the least, make their x86 OS (think Solaris-10) install with > support, for lets say, what FreeBSD had for 4.2? > > I mean, all the drivers are available, wouldn't one think that they > could at least support what FreeBSD supports in terms of number of > devices? I don't speak officially *for* FreeBSD, but let's be a bit realistic shall we? There are both good and bad points for both FreeBSD and Solaris. I'm sure someone can find hardware on which FreeBSD can not be installed at all. The same can be said for Solaris. In the end, it is all a matter of what hardware you have and what your particular application requires :-) Having said that, I am more comfortable with the FreeBSD-way of doing most things, so when I have the choise and *both* systems can be used, I usually pick FreeBSD just because it is the one I know best.