Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:57:53 +0100 From: Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com>(by way of Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com>) To: advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux For Managers... Message-ID: <200210282257.53291.avleeuwen@piwebs.com>
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The most important things are, I think: - Easier to manage (ports system, clear hierarchy, no different distros) - More open license (BSD license) - Build on years and years of BSD UNIX coding & knowledge - Lots of resources available on a central place (the handbook and other stuff on freebsd.org) Hope this helps, Arjan avleeuwen@piwebs.com On Monday 28 October 2002 22:11, Johnson David wrote: > A coworker and I are planning on replacing about 20 LynxOS lab workstations > with FreeBSD. We originally chose LynxOS because that's what our embedded > products use. But its getting too expensive to support it on workstation, > and they're difficult to maintain. > > I stepped up to the plate and set up a prototype workstation with FreeBSD, > with an identical look-and-feel to the other workstations (mwm, development > scripts, etc), and created a step-by-step guide to installation and > configuration. > > The sole purpose of these workstations is to connect to our embedded > products via cu. > > We are all set to go to roll out FreeBSD to the other lab workstations. But > some Linux advocate in the company is starting to raise a stink (even > though he is unwilling to help in the conversion and subsequent > maintenance). Now the manager in charge of the machines wants a report on > why FreeBSD was chosen instead of Linux. Sigh. > > So what good reasons translated into Manager-ese can I present? > > Thanks, > > David Johnson > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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