From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 20 13:30:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA29609 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:30:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA29602 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:30:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-129.laker.net [208.0.233.29]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id QAA17833; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:29:54 -0400 Message-Id: <199810202029.QAA17833@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "stodolsk_REMOVE_THIS@pb.net" , "YepItzMe" Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:28:48 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 15:17:11 -0400, YepItzMe wrote: >Can anyone give a me (a prospective new user) some info on why FreeBSD >is better than Linux? I know little of both but would like to enter >into this field with a OS I can grow with I started out as a hardware tech in the US Navy working on (fixing) mainframes. As a hardware guy that has worked on mainframes, minis, micros, supermicros, mini-supers, and damn near anything else you can think of, let me tell you my opinion. It didn't take long after graduating from Navy tech schools to begin getting an attitude about programmers. You see, when a computer doesn't work as expected, most people kick it and say it's broke. Programmers should know better, but their ego gets in the way of rational thinking. Let me tell you that when UNIX publications from Bell Labs should up on a newsletter from one of the technical book clubs I belonged to, I ordered them. I have a great respect for UNIX/C programmers, and would hire them for ANY project. I wouldn't hire a Windows programmer to write a DOS program. I wouldn't hire a DOS programmer to write a Winblows program. If I were staffing a Winblows project (because a customer insisted on a Winblows app) and I got a resume from a UNIX programmer with 5 yrs experience and from a Winblows programmer with 5 yrs, I'd hire the UNIX programmer and let him learn Microsuk's APIs as he went!! I used/supported UNIX at several computer companies (Gould,Encore) and a few non-computer companies. I have always preferred BSD. FreeBSD is tops in my book. I tried Linux a couple years ago, but I want REAL BSD, and that's FreeBSD. And most recent books about UNIX that describe BSD will be applicable. The web site has a list, and you can scan the mail archives to find lists I've submitted in the recent past (3 months). Viva la FreeBSD Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message