From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 24 6:26:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4762537B400 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:26:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from perimeter.co.za (obelix.perimeter.co.za [209.212.102.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA3A43E6A for ; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 06:26:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@perimeter.co.za) Received: from asterix (ndf-dial-196-30-124-113.mweb.co.za [196.30.124.113]) (AUTH: LOGIN bsd@perimeter.co.za) by perimeter.co.za with esmtp; Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:26:28 +0200 Message-ID: <007c01c24b71$e4033bc0$0200000a@perimeter.co.za> From: "Patrick O'Reilly" To: questions@FreeBSD.org, "David Fisher" References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020824085010.00a8b118@popmail.eznet.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:26:34 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 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 From: David Fisher We are looking for a replacement for Windoze 2000 in our servers and, having not found what we need in Linux, would like to consider FreeBSD. However, perusing the various web-sites has not told us what we need to know. How can we find a live human who might take a few minutes to talk to us about this? We need someone whose knowledge and expertise are 100% bulletproof, having wasted much time and effort in past on software which had been hyped well beyond what it could actually deliver. Thanks for the help. ---- David, no-one's knowledger is 100% bullet proof! But I think you will find most people subscribed to this list are reasonably level headed, not too taken in by hype, and willing to acknowledge the limits of their expertise. Your question, if I may call it that, is rather vague: "We are looking for a replacement for Windoze 2000 in our servers and, having not found what we need in Linux, would like to consider FreeBSD." So, I would suggest that you start by posing a few simple but clear questions, the answers to which will enable you to determine whether FreeBSD, along with the software readily available for this platform, will be able to meet your major needs. If you pass that phase, then start posing more detailed questions, etc. And be prepared to embark on a relatively steep, but enjoyable, learning curve. Open Source system are not for the faint-hearted :) --- Regards, Patrick O'Reilly. ___ _ __ / _ )__ __ (_)_ __ ___ _/ /____ __ / __/ -_) _) / ~ ) -_), ,-/ -_) _) /_/ \__/_//_/_/~/_/\__/ \__/\__/_/ http://www.perimeter.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message