Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 01:24:39 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI giving out old info? Message-ID: <19990518012439.A15570@holly.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <3740FD9C.8CDD830C@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Mon, May 17, 1999 at 11:41:48PM -0600 References: <19990517205015.C15030@holly.dyndns.org> <3740FD9C.8CDD830C@softweyr.com>
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On Tue, May 18, 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > 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: See below... > FreeBSD > World Wide Web Support > HTTP server Std > HTTP proxy Std > HTTP accelerator ??? What is an HTTP accelerator, anyway? > SSL2 ??? > SSL3 ??? These are availible under ports, and I don't think ports are 'build it yourself', since, technically, ports builds it all for you. > Java Std > ActiveX MSP (bleh!) > XML ??? The SGML tools availible seem to be able to deal with this. > 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? I consider ports not to be BIY... > Remote Administration Std > Pager Interface Std > > Reliability > Uptimes > 1 year Std > Y2K Compliant Yes > > Advanced Features > IPv6 It was developed on FreeBSD! Yes I wonder why they put N/A, then. > 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! Overall, I'd say your new data is, other than what I mentioned about ports, ready to be given to BSDI. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com -- Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> You depend too much on computers for information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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