Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:50:34 -0700 From: Blaine Minazzi <bminazzi@w3page.com> To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX? Message-ID: <34C070DA.9C610E6@w3page.com> References: <19980117090750.07770@lemis.com> <199801170043.TAA03250@bilver.magicnet.net> <19980117182511.02714@lemis.com>
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Just call it FreeBSD. I tell people that we use the best operating system available. It is a BSD version of the Unix operating system. Just like asking for a "Kleenex", telling people that FreeBSD is a "flavor" of "unix" they will know what you mean. There are so damn many flavors of "unix" that it is justly used as a nondescript term to describe a type of O/S. OSF1, Sys V, HPUX, DGUX, Irix, SunOS, Solaris, SCO Unix, Interactive Unix, BSDI, FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSD/OS, NeXT, Linux, venix, AIX, Dynix, Ultrix, AU/X, Centix..... I am sure I am forgetting about a few thousand or so variations, and they have all been called "unix". If someone throws a hissy fit over a name, they need to take a stress pill. I disclose the fact that we run FreeBSD, but I am _DAMN PROUD_ of the fact that we use it. ( Kudo's to the core team. ) Whenever someone gets all bent out of shape about us running a "Free Unix" I remind them that with our income, we can afford any damn operating system on the planet.... And I simply choose to use the best one for the job. The fact that it costs me almost nothing is just icing on the cake. I also see people gloating over the fact that THEIR SERVERS ARE BIG BUCK SILLY GRAPHICS MACHINES ( or whatever ), and not "pc clones running a free unix." I tell those people that it is the customer that pays for the hardware, and if my _wimpy_ little pentium 166's sit here at 90% idle most of the time, Why in the hell would I want to spend thousands on a system that will not be noticably faster for the end user? And, when the silly graphics machine breaks, how fast can you get parts? Hell, we can afford to keep entire spare servers just laying around in case of a failure. Try that with a big bucks machine. In a nutshell, educate the customer to what you use and why.... Blaine
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