From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 27 14:35:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA07022 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:35:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from vector.jhs.local (slip139-92-42-162.ut.nl.ibm.net [139.92.42.162]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA06897 Wed, 27 Mar 1996 14:34:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jhs@localhost) by vector.jhs.local (8.7.3/8.6.9) id JAA00532; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:23:15 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:23:15 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199603220823.JAA00532@vector.jhs.local> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Training From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 (pending modem change) Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Mailer: EXMH [version 1.6.5 95 12 11], PGP available Status: Bulk Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk To chat@freebsd.org, Bcc: [ freebsd-cd@Julian's_host, friday@Julian's_host ] THIS MAIL IS _CHAT_ , NOT IMPORTANT, & YOU CAN SKIP IT IF BUSY :-) :-) I was training 18 people in Unix System Administration the last 2 weeks; Linux was the pre-installed base. So I bought 10 FreeBSD 2.1 CD-ROMs, so the students could have some wider experience of both Berkeley & System 5 type facilities. We had problems with both OS's of course {lack of experience, time, & skewed installation mainly}. Some prefered FreeBSD, some Linux, but now they too have seen Linux isnt the only free Unix in Germany (common misconception here). I confined teaching to `mainstream' generic BSD & S5 Unix, & avoided Linux & FreeBSD specifics (they don't know which Unix they will end up on at work, & hardware may not be an Intel type PC anyway ). I mentioned Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD (& 386BSD & Mach), & the relative strong points of NetBSD (other archs.), Linux (wide range of new drivers), & FreeBSD (300 ports, & high net/server performance) ... & strongly preached the ethos of not making sweeping negative comparisons, but cross contributing good source between platforms, to mutual benefit :-) I invited them to install FreeBSD at home & try it, & supplied some CDs :-) Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ (PGP available)