From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 19 13:45:25 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA13544 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.153]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA13532 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:45:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00364; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:43:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:43:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Lenzi, Sergio" cc: brian@mediacity.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD beats SCO at its own game In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Lenzi, Sergio wrote: > A Small banking company 1 central and 4 "sites" are all running SCO with > a cobol application based on mfcobol. COBOL...it never dies! :) [...] > Now there is only ONE SCO remaining, the 4 agencies are moving to FreeBSD > all linked together with ppp. :) > Now the banking company is asking for Compaq prosignia 300 as server for > running FreeBSD. Um, NO! Compaq's are horrible! Ask me -- I have to install network support on them, or rather, try and fail 50% of the time. Build them a custom box or buy them a Dell. I can't seriously recommend ANYONE look at Compaq hardware. It's too flaky. Same goes for Packard Bell and most name-brand machines. > Drawbacks: The SCO people does not talk to me any more. Ah, shucks...:) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major