Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:11:34 -0800 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD vs Linux For Managers... Message-ID: <200210281311.34328.djohnson@acuson.com>
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A coworker and I are planning on replacing about 20 LynxOS lab workstations with FreeBSD. We originally chose LynxOS because that's what our embedded products use. But its getting too expensive to support it on workstation, and they're difficult to maintain. I stepped up to the plate and set up a prototype workstation with FreeBSD, with an identical look-and-feel to the other workstations (mwm, development scripts, etc), and created a step-by-step guide to installation and configuration. The sole purpose of these workstations is to connect to our embedded products via cu. We are all set to go to roll out FreeBSD to the other lab workstations. But some Linux advocate in the company is starting to raise a stink (even though he is unwilling to help in the conversion and subsequent maintenance). Now the manager in charge of the machines wants a report on why FreeBSD was chosen instead of Linux. Sigh. So what good reasons translated into Manager-ese can I present? Thanks, David Johnson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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