From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 14 17:57:01 2005 Return-Path: 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 9A6BF16A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:57:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3640D43D31 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:57:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Freebsd0101@aol.com) Received: from Freebsd0101@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id n.e8.aa6fa22 (18555) for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:56:56 -0500 (EST) From: Freebsd0101@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:56:56 EST To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5116 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: Thank you! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:57:01 -0000 In a message dated 1/13/05 11:27:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr writes: BS> Oh, but I do understand! FreeBSD is not good choice for companies BS> that need support for the latest hardware. >It's not a question of latest, it's a question of which hardware. >FreeBSD, like all operating systems, targets a broad but not universal >user base, and so the mix of hardware that it supports doesn't cover >every conceivable device, although it will naturally overlap for the >most part with any other OS. >For example, given the predominance of FreeBSD as a heavy-duty server ------ You clearly haven't been paying attention.... The entire point of this extended discussion, for those who have paid attention, is that FreeBSD 4.x, which is admittedly the fastest version available, DOES NOT work with intel's fastest CPUs because it doesnt support the necessary chipsets, AND, that freebsd "people" would rather ridicule people that ask why than fix things. So your claim that its a "heavy-duty server" platform is tainted by the fact that in order to use the fastest server Mobos, you have to use the slower, still-under-development 5.x. Which seems counterproductive for an O/S that is trying to establish itself as a choice as a server platform.