From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Aug 15 8:37: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CDD637B62B for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:36:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13Oili-0009d6-00; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:36:46 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA39320; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:36:46 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:36:46 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <20000815163646.A39188@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000214165644.B7643@orion.ac.hmc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from jnickelsen@acm.org on Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 09:37:36AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org | Brooks Davis writes: | | [Solaris] | > The big hardware is very nice in a number of applications and once | > you're use to the OS it's not that hard to live with. I'd | > certaintly take it over NT, and quite possiably over Linux, but | > I'd rather have an equivelently priced FreeBSD box built to my | > specs then the Ultra 10 in my office. What clock speed is that CPU? And what kind of apps are run on a workstation of this type? I guess i'm just wondering what people use SOlaris machines for besides servers. WHat do they do well that windows machines don't do well? -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message