Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 19:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@goldsword.com> To: billy@idiom.com, fpawlak@execpc.com Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD A Solution For Business Message-ID: <199805232343.TAA05828@sabre.goldsword.com>
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On Fri, 22 May 1998 11:07:38 -0700 (PDT) Billy Thompson said: >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. > While I would like to see these numbers & graphs (ie, I think it's a good thing to do), Let's not for a minute think that they will contribute to changing upper managements minds. To paraphrase a quote from my younger days in the industry: "Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft..." The simple truth is that shops that would be swayed by such arguements are already running or considering running Solaris, Idrix, HPUX, Aix, etc. That is, shops that are already willing to consider a non-Microsoft solution. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee Office: (423)691-6498 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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