Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 14:47:05 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: francisco@federation.addy.com, FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help me reply to Infoworld correspondent: what is diff between BSDI and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19971126144705.64183@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199711260313.NAA02104@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 01:43:58PM %2B1030 References: <bauykmgycwcvvufo.pminews@natserv.com> <199711260313.NAA02104@word.smith.net.au>
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On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 01:43:58PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >> In this week's Infoworld there is a review on Red Hat Linux. I wrote >> to the author (Eric Hammond) telling him about FreeBSD. He mentioned >> He recently did a review in which he included BSDI and also said >> there is another review in which BSDI will be included. >> >> I am familiar with FreeBSD Vs Linux discussions (and even a bit about >> Open BSD, Net BSD), but never really have seen much about BSDI. >> >> One of the things he wrote was: >> "I'm assuming that Internet Server is the commercial version of >> FreeBSD. >> Correct me if I'm wrong." >> By internet Server he is referring to BSDI. >> >> How different are these products (BSDI and FreeBSD)? > > In many regards, enormously. > >> I can prepare some little promo to send to him telling him about >> FreeBSD, but I want to answer his comment about BSDI vs FreeBSD. > > (much good stuff about the difference between free and commercial > omitted) Agreed, but that's not the point Francisco (or Eric) was making. What's the technical difference? This is probably flame bait, but I'd say "not much". Recall that as a normal user (not buyer), you're interested neither in the way the software is devloped and distributed, nor in implementation details. And BSD/OS is close enough in feel to FreeBSD that I've mistaken one for the other on my own network from time to time. Still, it's oversimplifying things to say that BSD/OS is a commercial version of FreeBSD. Those days are, indeed, past. IMO the days are also past when BSD/OS was obviously better than FreeBSD. Greg
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