From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 5 01:24:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA27951 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 01:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from loop.com (pma3_119.loop.com [207.17.84.119]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA27942 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 01:24:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gif@localhost) by loop.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA02135; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 01:11:19 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 01:11:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Gifka Sovereign To: Iwan Leonardus cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stable In-Reply-To: <31B4F301.41C67EA6@rad.net.id> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Iwan Leonardus wrote: >[deletia] > In the BSD world, I also heard this BSDI OS as commercial BSD OS, which is suppose > to be more 'stable', because all commercial product is mean to work in 'Live' system > So, I am wandering what BSDI has that FreeBSD -stable do not have so we have to pay > more for BSDI OS. These information is usefull for planning and budgeting for a > system connected to Internet. When you buy BSD/OS from BSDI, you're buying technical support. Sure, you can get top-grade technical support from both the FreeBSD team and FreeBSD enthusiasts in freebsd-questions, but they aren't obligated by any commercial contracts for technical support. If you need specific on-demand live technical support, BSD/OS is for you. On the other hand, if you're a do-it-yourself competent guru, then you'll probably not need to burden yourself (or employer) with the value-added expense of commercial support; hopefully they'll give you the difference in price as a salary bonus for you. :) As to the stability of FreeBSD, ftp.cdrom.com should be a testament to FreeBSD stability.