From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 12 21:22:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA09456 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ylana.vet.purdue.edu (vet.vet.purdue.edu [128.210.79.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA09443 for ; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 21:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ylana.vet.purdue.edu (localhost.vet.purdue.edu [127.0.0.1]) by ylana.vet.purdue.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA15605; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:23:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199606130423.XAA15605@ylana.vet.purdue.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 To: "Neil C. Jensen" cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: I'm almost afraid to ask, but.... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jun 1996 17:10:28 MST." <01BB5882.11F0B100@jalapeno.habaneros.com> From: Benjamin Lewis Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:23:08 -0500 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Niel C. Jensen wrote: > It's time for us to upgrade and buy a new Internet server; primarily > running Aache and probably mSQL. Our present server is based on FreeBSD > 2.1R, and I've been very happy with it (thank-you FreeBSD team!). > Unfortunately, I'm getting questions from my colleagues re. the use of > other systems (i.e. Sun Netra, Sun SPARC5, SGI WebForce Indy, etc). The > feeling is that because we are not paying (through the nose, I might add), > we are not getting quality, fast systems. I would like to get some hard > evidence to support my arguments to continue using FreeBSD. The easiest thing to do would be to send a couple thousand dollars to FreeBSD, Inc. That way you get the same high quality operating system that you already use, your colleagues feel as though they are paying enough for a fast, quality system, and FreeBSD is able to improve even more. What a deal! And all for much less money than an SGI, too. -Ben P.S. Hard Evidence? [ftp|www].cdrom.com - the busiest server on the Internet. -- Benjamin Lewis - blewis@vet.purdue.edu