Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 07:43:49 -0600 From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> To: John Beukema <jbeukema@hk.super.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Comparison of un*x's Message-ID: <199503191344.HAA24400@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Mar 95 10:46:28 %2B0800." <Pine.SUN.3.91.950319101347.3002D-100000@is1.hk.super.net>
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> Solaris (Seemingly the first choice of several members)
If they eliminated Linux because of too frequent patches they ought to
eliminate Solaris too. Sun has a habit of releasing beta quality software then
releasing a flurry of patches to cover for it. AND they don't make sure that
the patches are all safe, so you're supposed to figure out if you're covered
by the patch then try a couple of different ones that cover the same general
problem. I was visiting a company that has a LOT of suns (we just have a
couple,
one of which is supposed to get patched to resolve SCSI bus hangs except we
can't get the straight word from Sun on the patch) and they had a white-board
covered with patches they were considering.
> SunOS (Does it even run on i386?)
No.
> SCO
The ISP I use used to use SCO but SCO is just too much trouble with more than
a handful of users, plus it's a pain to port stuff to (so is Solaris for that
matter). They use BSDI now.
I wouldn't consider anything but one of the *BSD*s and since BSDI quit making
source availability a priority that leaves FreeBSD or NetBSD.
Again, I wouldn't consider Solaris or SCO. They are too far from the mainstream
of *net* software. Now, if you want to run a small business or otherwise need
commercial productivity software I'd say SCO or Solaris would be your first
choices, and for office or personal productivity you'd be well advised to go
with NeXT. But for an ISP, your choices are basically:
BSDI if you can fork out the $$$ for the source
license.
FreeBSD or NetBSD otherwise. ANd for this application they're
pretty much equivalent.
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