Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:58:05 +0000 From: Michael Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie> To: banksie@cix.co.uk, itweek@zd.com Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Article "One-Stop versus point" Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990312155805.00817e60@199.107.2.1>
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In your article "One-stop versus point" (IT Week, 8 March 99) you make the point that with the differing providers for Linux applications, your applications can easily get out of synch with each other. The FreeBSD operating system (which IT Week seems to ignore except for remarks in passing) has a single source for ported applications which are kept in step with each other, and with the current "leading edge" of the operating system. There are currently more than 2,000 applications in the ports library maintained by the FreeBSD ports team. In addition to these resources, FreeBSD can run most Linux applications under emulation if a native port does not exist. FreeBSD offers just what you claim Linux needs to offer to compete with Microsoft - a single, unified, source of applications in step with the current version of the operating system Michael Doyle Network Administrator Co-operation Ireland. <>< ============================================================ ><> Michael Doyle email: relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie Network Administrator personal email: relyod@indigo.ie Co-operation Ireland http://www.co-operation-ireland.ie/ Phone: +353-1-661 0588 Fax: +353-1-661 8456 ********************************************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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