From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 1 10:44:34 2002 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 3771937B401; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:44:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4CDA43EC2; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:44:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (10ea4ddde9927cb34318307f618d026f@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id gB1IkkI8075013; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:46:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB1Ikjlj075012; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:46:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:46:45 -0800 From: Adam Weinberger To: paul beard Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List of big names ... Message-ID: <20021201184645.GD60177@vectors.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DEA5425.4050007@mac.com> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-PGP-Key: http://www.vectors.cx/pgp.key.txt X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please take this to advocacy. This banter doesn't belong on the questions list. # Adam >> (12.01.2002 @ 1025 PST): paul beard said, in 1.3K: << > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > >Other then that I know Yahoo! uses FreeBSD ... is there a list > >that anyone is maintain about who is using it? I've been > >having discussions with a partner for awhile now about whether > >we should launch a product with a base OS of linux vs freebsd > >... and its tiring to try and argue against "but, nobody is > >accepting FreeBSD ... everyone (IBM, HP, Sun, etc) is falling > >behind Linux" ... > > > > Apple seems to think pretty highly of FreeBSD. And there are the > oft-repeated rumors that WinNT/2000/XP all use the BSD TCP stack. > > Having used both, I would never choose Linux over FreeBSD. > > >Do we have *anything* ... case studies or the like, from big > >names that have decided *for* FreeBSD over Linux, with a sort > >of 'why' discusion? > > > > F5 Systems based their load balancers/switches on BSD and a > follow-on company started by one of the founders (Ahaza Systems, > now defunct) was going to build IPv6-aware switching gear based on > FreeBSD. > > -- > Paul Beard / 8040 27th Ave NE / Seattle WA 98115 / > paulbeard [at] mac [ dot] com / 206 529 8400 > > weblog @ > > She missed an invaluable opportunity to give him a look that you could > have poured on a waffle ... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "Re: List of big names ..." from paul beard << - -- Adam Weinberger vectors.cx >> adam@vectors.cx FreeBSD.org << adamw@FreeBSD.ORG Bayer Berkeley >> adam.weinberger.b@bayer.com #vim:set ts=8: 8-char tabs prevent tooth decay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE96lkVo8KM2ULHQ/0RAoSkAJ9VHv0u6N6ahmDwaDmGjGCSdG1/BQCePjaE 4DtZY1Pkdemk1n/mLi68d2k= =sAJh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message