From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 20 11:59:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pogo.caustic.org (pogo.caustic.org [208.44.193.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40BA737B407 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:59:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jan@caustic.org) Received: from localhost (jan@localhost) by pogo.caustic.org (8.11.0/ignatz) with ESMTP id f6KIx8W38604; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:59:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "f.johan.beisser" To: angela Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: solaris & netscape In-Reply-To: <3B58738C.1A52112A@ca.inter.net> Message-ID: X-Ignore: This statement isn't supposed to be read by you MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, angela wrote: > I am wandering anyone have experience about Solaris + netscape? > What is the different between it and Freebsd + apache? > I mean it's stablility, security and speed > >From the netcraft, there are a lot of webserver running Apache? > Why do they choose Netscape? the base reason is support. with solaris you have the support, and help of your Sun VAR, not to mention the Sun Techs. the same goes for the Netscape HTTPd. if something breaks, you have Netscape/iPlanet/AOL to help you get everything back in to a kosher state. performance wise, i'd put Apache on FreeBSD much higher than NS on Solaris. from a cost POV, you also have an advantage. it's all in the extended cost, though. will it cost you more to have to maintain FreeBSD machines and apache on your own, or be able to call up Sun or Netscape to assist you. in the long run, i see it all balancing out. -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "which then led me to realize leading my life by the motto 'i'm not as bad as jan' would still let me get away with A LOT" --- j. leah williams, University of Chicago, 19 Jan, 2001 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message