From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 17:42:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD6616A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:42:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte244.dsl-acs2.sea.iinet.com [209.20.244.233]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 851DF43D3F for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:42:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from question+advocacy@closedsrc.org) Received: by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8B79028423; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:42:15 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:42:15 -0800 From: Linh Pham To: Matt Olander Message-ID: <20040118014215.GA60548@q.internal.closedsrc.org> References: <008001c3dc8a$624914a0$60d0fea9@workstation> <4008807B.5090105@sitetronics.com> <20040116162613.G91963@knight.ixsystems.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040116162613.G91963@knight.ixsystems.net> Organization: closedsrc.org Mail-Copies-To: poster X-PGP-Key: http://closedsrc.org/~question/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reply to V. Velox & questions about ``evangelism'' X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:42:34 -0000 --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004-01-16 16:26 -0800, Matt Olander wrote: # good question. key points I always touch on are: #=20 # ports collection # ease of administration # professional development cycle # single point of contact (freebsd.org) # comprehensive documentation # high load capability # source code maturity # stability/reliability The other key points that I like to mention about FreeBSD include: Standardized file system and directory hierarchy (fairly) common configuration file locations across installs when compared to the numerous Linux distributions. In almost all cases (when applications and services are installed via Ports or packages), configuration files and file locations are the same across all installs. No more trying to find out where Apache configs are located between Linux distributions... ditto for OpenSSH, dhclient, BIND, and not to mention, various MTAs. I guess it can be folded into ease of administration... :) --=20 Linh Pham question+advocacy@closedsrc.org Webmaster and FreeBSD Geek http://closedsrc.org Apprentice Manager Editor and Writer http://www.daemonnews.org Courage: The things I do for love | And So Western Civilization Crumbles --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFACeR3whofDeWkDMIRAuStAJ4rmVZYXiUkGbuAlZ399dsqww8P/wCgoEo5 /5soTzEwUHG/AP4ue3CUJ0s= =p3Lm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--