Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:29:44 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: Julienlamy@aol.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Just like... Message-ID: <199601291829.LAA03861@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <960127095350_407809731@mail04.mail.aol.com> from "Julienlamy@aol.com" at Jan 27, 96 09:53:51 am
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> Julien Lamy to questions@freebsd.org > > from what I've understood of your FreeBSB, it's just like Windows95 isn't it > ? Here's a little list: Win95 FreeBSD Protected mode OS Yes(1) Yes Runs DOS programs Yes(2) Yes(3) Comes with C compiler No Yes Comes with C++ compiler No Yes Preemptive multitasking Yes(4) Yes Promotes more Microsoft products Yes No Can act as SMB server Yes(5) Yes Can act as AppleTalk server No(6) Yes Can act as NFS server No(6) Yes Can act as HTTP server Yes(9) Yes(10) Can act as LPR server No(6) Yes Can act as SQL server No Yes Can act as Telnet server No(6) Yes Can act as FTP server No(6) Yes Can act as Rlogin server No Yes Supports NFSv3 No Yes Can act as SMB client Yes Yes(7) Can act a AppleTalk client No(6) Yes(7) Can act as NFS client Yes(8) Yes Can act as HTTP client Yes Yes Can act as LPR client Yes(8) Yes Can act as SQL client Yes Yes Can act as Telnet client Yes Yes Can act as FTP client Yes Yes Can act as Rlogin client No(15) Yes Graphical environment Yes(11) Yes(12) Multiple users Yes(13) Yes Threads environment Yes(14) Yes (1) Comes up in real mode, uses VM86() to run real mode drivers (2) Some incompatabilities exist because of flaws in the VMM design (3) With the optional "PCEMU" package (4) When running 16 bit applications or DOS windows, preemption is defeated for backward compatability (5) Does not support "browse master" configuration because of potential intrusion into NT market niche (6) Third party products costing extra are in alpha testing (7) Using a client program because of differences in authentication model making an FS implementation nearly useless (or very hard) (8) Third party products costing extra are available now (9) Task model severely limits performance (10) Runs NetScape "NetSite" and "Commerce" servers, comes with several free implementations, all high performance (11) Mandatory, Microsoft's choice (12) Optional, user's choice (13) Not simultaneously (14) Not POSIX compliant (15) Can't vouchsafe because user may be cracker Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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