Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 10:27:46 -0600 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) To: Mick Petrick <100231.1602@compuserve.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD or Linux ? Message-ID: <v02140b1cad830e1b39e9@[206.104.22.180]>
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At 1:23 PM 3/30/96, Mick Petrick wrote:
>I am looking to purchase either FreeBSD or Linux. Most of the people I
>know are using Linux, but I hear that FreeBSD may be better. I would like
>to decide on an operating system.
>
>I am looking to develop TCP/IP software.
Asking on a FreeBSD list is sure to produce positive recomendations for
FreeBSD. And here's another: If you are to develop TCP/IP software some of
your most important considerations should be stability and standards. *BSD
has always been the Un*x networking standard. Many industrial strengh books
are available for BSD networking while most all the Linux books I've seen
are the "lets capitalize on Linux popularity by publishing a book with
Linux in the title" type.
I have on order:
Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume III (BSD): Client Server Programming
Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens
Prentice Hall, 1996, 2nd Edition
Bookcode tcpip_v3bsd, pages 528, ISBN 0-13-260969-X
Discount 23%, Bookpool Price $42.50, List Price $55.00
to complete my collection of Stevens networking books. Good stuff.
Bookpool can be found at <http://www.bookpool.com/>;
--
David Kelly N4HHE, n4hhe@amsat.org, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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