Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:45:33 -0500 From: Dan Daley <dddaley@yahoo.com> To: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> Cc: Scott Long <scottl@netflix.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Netflix's New Peering Appliance Uses FreeBSD Message-ID: <4FCEB63D.3080409@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <331117A3-8C3B-4F39-848C-D08008633F09@ee.ryerson.ca> References: <CAMYW4Zi4y16EL1=%2Bsfz1XATc9ZnQpocUD_Xf9Jg=LR=c1AgaKA@mail.gmail.com> <3CEF3B39-BE1E-4FC4-81F3-D26049C83313@netflix.com> <331117A3-8C3B-4F39-848C-D08008633F09@ee.ryerson.ca>
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Maybe their knowledge of Linux drove them to use FreeBSD. Sorry, couldn't resist ;) On 06/05/2012 19:42, David Magda wrote: > On Jun 5, 2012, at 20:16, Scott Long wrote: > >> If you have any questions, let me know or follow the information links on the >> OpenConnect web site. > Out of curiosity, given that Linux seems popular in so many other places (Google, Facebook), is there any particular reason why FreeBSD was chosen for this? > > I'm sure Linux is used in many other places (much of Netflix's IT infrastructure is on Amazon IIRC), so I'm kind of surprised that they went with FreeBSD when they probably already have so much knowledge with Linux. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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