Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 15:12:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Rod Ebrahimi <info@pagecreators.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and NT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970722150801.400M-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199707221814.LAA13305@netroplex.com>
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On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Rod Ebrahimi wrote: > I am currently involved in a new Internet Presence Provider establishment > and would really like to use FreeBSD on our systems. One of the reasons we > are skeptical and would rather use NT is mainly setup time and expertise, > most of us working on this project do not know much about Unix (only basic > knowledge) but in turn know NT in and out. One of my questions is are you > familiar with any people and/or firms that have experts that will help us > through our setup in the Southern California area? Also, if we were to run > FreeBSD as a e-mail server could we easily add/delete users also specifying > their @domain, example: mike@here.com and mike@there.com and > John@overthere.com all on this same box? > > Thank you very much for your time.... I do some consulting for an ISP here that is so happy with FreeBSD that they're one by one changing out all the Win95 and BSDI systems with FreeBSD, but, for a commercial establishment, unless you're going to do it one box at a time, so you can learn, I sure wouldn't recommend changing to ANY os that you don't have local expertise in. FreeBSD is excellent for your application, but you CAN'T have big failures because you don't have local support. I're recommend either starting with what you know, and adding in FreeBSD as you can stand it, or (better) getting someone local in LA who knows FreeBSD to give you a hand. It's not all that rough to do, and you can learn it, but you don't want to put a new company at risk. > > Rod Ebrahimi > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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