From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jul 12 10:28:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA28842 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:28:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA28833; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:28:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199607121728.KAA28833@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD To: kdupuis@ndt.gti.net (Kenneth J. Dupuis) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 10:28:23 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Kenneth J. Dupuis" at Jul 11, 96 10:55:20 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB