From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 13 16:50:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09AD16A40F for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:50:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: from mail.outstep.com (D2095.servadmin.com [12.158.188.142]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FD7343D55 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:50:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lonnie@outstep.com) Received: (qmail 15745 invoked by uid 511); 13 Nov 2006 10:51:32 -0600 Received: from 68.32.113.56 by mail.outstep.com (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/2106. spamassassin: 3.1.3. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(68.32.113.56):SA:0(1.5/5.0):. Processed in 2.46862 secs); 13 Nov 2006 16:51:32 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: + X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: lonnie@outstep.com via mail.outstep.com X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(68.32.113.56):SA:0(1.5/5.0):. Processed in 2.46862 secs Process 15737) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.11?) (lonnie@outstep.com@68.32.113.56) by mail.outstep.com with SMTP; 13 Nov 2006 10:51:29 -0600 Message-ID: <4558A0EC.2030103@outstep.com> Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:44:28 -0500 From: Lonnie Cumberland User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org References: <454E9F7B.5010105@outstep.com> <454F210C.9000602@outstep.com> <004001c70706$0d571ec0$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <20061113143818.GA34908@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> <1648.129.6.99.176.1163430200.squirrel@mail.outstep.com> <20061113160721.GA35576@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <20061113160721.GA35576@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:50:59 -0000 David Kelly wrote: >On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 09:03:20AM -0600, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > >>I am still somewhat confused as I have been looking at FreeBSD which I >>think is VERY good and have also recently been able to boot up the >>OpenDarwin 7.2.1 as well, but never could get the Darwin 8.1 cdrom to >>install. >> >> > >If your desire is to purchase a commercially supported server then an >Apple Xserve would be hard to beat. I think you misunderstand the >purpose of Darwin and would be better served with FreeBSD. > > No, mostly we were just trying to look at the state of current OpneSource OS's to try and get a feel for the advantages and disadvantages of each type. Also, not to be brash, but if I am missing the point of Darwin as you say, then please help to clarify this for me as it is the fundamental reason for this whole thread and I would really like to know what the purpose are so that we can make informed judgments on FreeBSD and Darwin.. >>If I follow these messages correctly then it appears that FreeBSD is >>just as good as Darwin although I had expected that the inclusion of >>the CM kernel integrated with the FreeBSD kernel along with various >>other improvements would have made the Darwin software better. >> >> > >I think you are spending too much time keeping score on minute details >and not enough time on the big picture. > > Not really trying to keep score but again looking for the strengths and weaknesses of FreeBSD vs Darwin >>I would still like to do some more testing to get a better feel for >>what Darwin can offer, but the bottom line is that all of these are >>directly related to FreeBSD and are stable and fast compared to other >>non-FreeBSD related OS's. >> >> > >Testing: good idea. > > This is always a good idea when evaluating technologies I think. >Speed: the slowest machine is one that is down. > >Top-posting: Frowned upon among traditional technical communities. >You'll get more out of these communities if you learn how to trim >replies and insert your comments in the appropriate places. > > thanks for correcting my accepted behavior on the mailing list and I will try to improve in future posts. Thanks and have a good day, Lonnie T. Cumberland OutStep Technologies Incorporated Email: Lonnie@outstep.com Lonnie_Cumberland@yahoo.com "Open Source...... opening the doors for the future in the world of today...."