From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Dec 5 5:31:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4E537B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 05:31:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEDE343E9C for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 05:31:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18Jw6a-00079J-00; Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:31:52 +0000 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gB5DVqPe052149; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:31:52 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gB5DVlwb052144; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:31:47 GMT Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:31:47 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, grog@lemis.com Subject: Daemon's Advocate article Message-ID: <20021205133147.GB52021@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *18Jw6a-00079J-00*b3q2S3DylAw* Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org BSD has long enjoyed performance and stability advantages over Linux, but as Grog remarks in the recent DA article, Linux is catching up. Are there any areas where BSD will more than likely *always* have an advantage over Linux? I know licensing is one, and with the current global economy downturn, that could become more significant in the IT sector. But other than that, what do we have that inherently holds a sustainable lead over Linux? Or will it simply always be a case of 'BSD is different, but not necessarily better?' NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message