Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 12:57:49 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: "JULIAN Elischer" <julian@ref.tfs.com>, aho@hyh.pc.my, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI Message-ID: <199603052057.MAA07914@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Mar 1996 14:06:38 EST." <199603051906.OAA08237@etinc.com>
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Oh, I don't know I think that what the original poster meant to ask
was if there was any inherent deficiency in FreeBSD or BSDI given
that BSDI or FreeBSD from a user's perspective are about the same.
I guess the dominating factor here is what does the systems programmer
feel most confortable or if he has any peers that are running the
same OS which he can benefit from their experiences.
As for the cost of an installation and testing of a new OS in a ISP
environment, you can't avoid the cost. I would test the environ
for a while.
Over the long term support has got to be biggest concern and then
upgradibility as new releases are rolled out.
Amancio
>>> dennis said:
> Julian Elischer writes...
>
> >
> > jkh writes...
> >
> > >Evaluate them both and see what you think.
> > >
> > >Sorry, but our position on this is that we won't make "use xxx over
> > >yyy" statements given that it's impossible to even answer this
> > >question correctly for any given query. Different people have
> > >different needs, and whereas FreeBSD might be the clear choice for
> > >one, BSDI may be a clear choice for another.
> > >
> > >In other words, we're not going to give you a canned answer, nor will
> > >we attempt to cite "reasons" which may or may not even be relevant to
> > >your situation. Get whichever OS the person who will be *maintaining*
> > >your system is most comfortable with.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > > Jordan
> > >
> > >
> > My personal idea woudl be, "As FreeBSD is Free, you lose nothing by trying
> > it out, and if you don't like it you can then pay for BSDI. Most of what y
ou
> > learned on FreeBSD will be relevant for FeeBSD^H^H^H^H^H^H BSDI.
>
> Only the code is free. The installation costs money. The use of the serial
> line while your trying it costs money. The time it takes to learn how to
> set up and go through the unavoidable setup problems costs money.
> The cost of time exceeds the cost of the software by a factor of 10 for
> BSDI. Its very expensive to chose the wrong product even if its free
> initially.
>
> Dennis
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