Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:08:10 -0700 From: borehawg <bangpath@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: tjswanso@gie.noh.tva.gov Subject: Re: FreeBSD server success stories Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990412220810.007ad6e0@mail.atl.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <371299A4.5D7F92E7@uswest.net> References: <199904121546.LAA26474@gie.noh.tva.gov>
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At 06:11 PM 4/12/99 -0700, you wrote: >Toby Swanson N-1417 wrote: >> I have the opportunity to recommend replacing a Sun SPARCserver-1000 >> with an Intel based FreeBSD machine. It will be a general file and <le snip> >Given these requirements, why did you choose an Intel platform? I >would have chosen an Alpha running Net or OpenBSD. Perhaps the lower cost of Intel? And the name recognition of Intel? Not many corporate/government induhviduals really know anything outside the Windows/Intel option, and since he seemed to imply that he's going up against an NT proponant (also prolly on Intel), that would at least give corporate management some sort of "apples-to-apples" comparison. And of course, he may not be familiar enough with Alpha to really recommend it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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