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Date:      Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:28:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
To:        kdupuis@ndt.gti.net (Kenneth J. Dupuis)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199607121728.KAA28833@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.94.960711225200.2700A-100000@ndt.gti.net> from "Kenneth J. Dupuis" at Jul 11, 96 10:55:20 pm

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Kenneth J. Dupuis wrote:
> 
> 
> I don't want to start a war but for a new ISP what are the strengths of
> FreeBSD?  The only thing I know is cdrom.com; enough said!  I have years

	what more needs to be said?  cdrom.com could have chosen any
	os they wanted.  will your site's security needs be greater
	than theirs?  will you need a more robust system than theirs?
	
	is there a linux site of comparable size/thruput/load/users?
	i dont know, i dont follow linux much.

> of experience on Linux, SunOS, Solaris, and AIX.  We need something that's
> very robust and *secure* (recently had a break-in on a Slackware 3.0 Linux
> server).

jmb
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