Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:33:01 +0300 From: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <4FC8B67D.5090208@digsys.bg> In-Reply-To: <20120601121555.GF5335@home.opsec.eu> References: <CAOgwaMvsv3e1TxDauV038Pp7LRiYeH7oAODE%2Bw-pxHt9oGrXMA@mail.gmail.com> <20120601121555.GF5335@home.opsec.eu>
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On 01.06.12 15:15, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > - Telephony (ISDN to SIP gateways, Asterisk etc) -- I know, Hans > Petter Selasky is doing wonderful work in that area, I had no time to > dive into this. Asterisk (tested up to v 10) works wonderfully on FreeBSD. Mine even runs in jail. The few gateways to PSTN are external and spread over distance anyway. There are less and less PSTN physical interconnects anyway. About any sane telco will provide SIP trunks over TCP/IP so there is not much motivation for development in that area. Such connectivity was big thing say 10 years ago.. There is hardly anything FreeBSD cannot do. I tend to avoid proprietary technologies like the plague (this includes about anything from Microsoft). For example if one wants an e-mail server, that is better served in the long run by IMAP+MTA than any form of Exchange, because you are not tied to one single platform and that vendor's lunacy. Otherwise FreeBSD runs just fine as server for about any other OS client, provided those clients use standard Internet protocols. Things I don't particularly do is use FreeBSD for mobile. I find OS X way better choice there. When you need to go mobile, you usually need the highest performing hardware (that is, lower power consumption, less heat etc) and those things usually are pretty much proprietary for quite long time. With OS X you get nice UNIX client.. for your FreeBSD servers, that is. I also find it increasingly tempting to use tablets for such remote client tasks :) Another thing I don't use FreeBSD for is CAD. Unfortunately, there is no AutoCAD for anything but Windows or OS X. It will sure be interesting to learn what people avoid to use FreeBSD for. Best Regards, Daniel Kalchev
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