From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon May 17 22:43:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (unknown [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00EB15124; Mon, 17 May 1999 22:42:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (homer.softweyr.com [204.68.178.39]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA11492; Mon, 17 May 1999 23:42:12 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3740FDB3.1E0ACCC2@softweyr.com> Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 23:42:11 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chris@calldei.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI giving out old info? References: <19990517205015.C15030@holly.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris Costello wrote: > > I read some interesting things at the URL below -- perhaps > it's out of date. It says that there are no Front Page > extensions, no email support, and no 'patch server' (does > cvsup*.freebsd.org count?). > > http://www.BSDI.COM/products/internet/40-qna.mhtml#Q5 OK, help me fix this. I'm counting anything available in packages as "Std." We could probably count ports too, given the amount of tinkering NOT required to get them to work, but let's stick with packages for now. How's this look vis-a-vis 3.2-RELEASE: FreeBSD World Wide Web Support HTTP server Std HTTP proxy Std HTTP accelerator ??? SSL2 ??? SSL3 ??? Java Std ActiveX MSP (bleh!) XML ??? Local Database mSQL, MySQL, Postgres Yes Remote Database mSQL, MySQL, Postgres Yes FrontPage server extensions (Use the BSDI version - doh!) 3rd E-Mail Support SMTP server Std POP3 server Std IMAP server Std Usenet News Support NNTP server Std FTP Support FTP server Std VPN Support IPsec ??? ISAKMP ??? PPTP ??? Development Tools HTML editor Std Perl Std Python Std C and C++ Compilers & Tools Std Fortran Compiler & Tools Std Java Compiler & Tools Std Source Code Available Yes Network Services DNS Std NTP Std Dialup Support PPP Std Multi-Link PPP Std SLIP Std RADIUS Authentication Std RAS MSP ??? Security Kerberos Std IP Packet Filters Std Management SMNP Tools (Too bad they can't spell SNMP, huh?) BIY Huh? Remote Administration Std Pager Interface Std Reliability Uptimes > 1 year Std Y2K Compliant Yes Advanced Features IPv6 It was developed on FreeBSD! Yes Technical Support Initial free phone support 0 Phone support with 4 hour response Opt E-Mail Support Free Update Support Free Patch Server Yes Pricing Base Product FREE! 16 User FREE! 60 day return privilege NOT NEEDED, ITS FREE! Key: Std = standard Opt = optional 3rd = Available from 3rd party MSP = Microsoft Proprietary BIY = Build it yourself U/D = Under Development N/A = Not available -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message