Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 01:04:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: FreeBSD-chat@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD in the press Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909110102150.28670-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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Found this in the email-newsletter EDUCAUSE: YOU JUST CAN'T BEAT THIS PRICE Although Linux has been the focus of much recent publicity, other free programs called FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD have quietly helped keep the Web running for years. The three Unix-based operating systems originated at the University of California at Berkeley, emerging from code written in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A recent survey found that BSDs are used on almost 15 percent of servers connected to the Internet. Yahoo!, which owns the world's most heavily trafficked Web site, relies on FreeBSD to serve close to 80 million users per month. After trying a number of different operating systems, Yahoo! chose FreeBSD and has since become a key sponsor for the program. Meanwhile, Microsoft uses FreeBSD rather than its own Windows NT for the Hotmail e-mail service. FreeBSD continues to gain new users, and is sometimes favored over Linux because its license allows users to include the software in commercial products, while the Linux license requires users to make all uses of the software available for free. (Wall Street Journal 09/10/99) ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@mat.net | communications topic, C programming, Unix and 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | carpentry. It's all in the design! Greenbelt, MD 20770 | picnic.mat.net: FreeBSD/i386 (301) 220-2114 | jaunt.mat.net : FreeBSD/Alpha ---------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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