From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 4 12:09:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA22013 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 12:09:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net [194.207.2.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA21975 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 12:09:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jdd@localhost) by avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net (8.8.2/8.7.3) id UAA16301; Wed, 4 Jun 1997 20:05:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 20:05:07 +0100 (BST) From: Jim Dixon X-Sender: jdd@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: news server source for 95/NT In-Reply-To: <3395A812.293A@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Damian Hamill wrote: > > > > Does anyone know if there is there source available for a news server > > that builds on 95/NT ? > > > I don't think that exists (yet). AFAIK to run a news server on NT, > depending on the number of users you want, you require a license for a > Microsoft product. (The University of Oregon found that out and moved to > Linux.) > Use FreeBSD. > > Pedro. Absolutely. NT will require 50% (100%?) more DRAM and will never be able to carry a fully load without falling over. FreeBSD makes an excellent news server. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015