From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 22 12:10:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA22824 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:10:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA22689; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:10:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tera.tera.com) Received: from athena.tera.com (athena.tera.com [207.224.230.127]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25105; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:09:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline Received: (from kline@localhost) by athena.tera.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA21001; Fri, 22 May 1998 12:09:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805221909.MAA21001@athena.tera.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD A Solution For Business In-Reply-To: from Billy Thompson at "May 22, 98 11:07:38 am" To: billy@idiom.com (Billy Thompson) Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 12:09:42 -0700 (PDT) Cc: fpawlak@execpc.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL23 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk According to Billy Thompson: > > I think what is absolutely necessary to this would be a graph comparison > between Win NT and FreeBSD. Start with a lite load then keep pushing it > up until both systems are crawling. This would demostrate not only how > reliable FreeBSD is on the SAME hardware, but also how much better it is > (since I'm sure there will be obviously better performance from FreeBSD). > > Then plaster this on as many websites as you can and include it in the > business solutions document. You know how much pointy haired bosses love > graphs and charts, and this should show them in simple terms that FreeBSD > has better preformance and is more reliable. > Another issue that may be important to the more intelligent managers is that NT has little network security; FreeBSD can have security... And if this (firewall) can be pre-configured, that wins. NT______ 0.5% security FreeBSD______ 98.5% security If your e-business depended upon having a secure system, BSD provides solutions. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message