From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Oct 13 21:11:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02181 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:11:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02162 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:10:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from Celeris (56k-port4012.ime.net [209.90.195.22]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id AAA17111; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:10:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.0.67.19981014000640.00a56800@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.67 (Beta) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:07:34 -0400 To: "Jan B. Koum " , Sue Blake , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: concise summary of strong points? In-Reply-To: <19981013202611.B578@best.com> References: <19981014125700.03731@welearn.com.au> <19981013172920.22706@welearn.com.au> <19981014125700.03731@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You forgot the big one.. Walnut Creek CDROM :-).. Big BIG FTP Archive, tons of software for various things.. All running on FreeBSD and Intel-based equipment. Services like 3500 simultaneous people right now. At 08:26 PM 10/13/98 -0700, Jan B. Koum wrote: >On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 12:57:00PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >> >> I'm getting queries like this one from ISPs and consultants: >> >> > i'm currently promoting linux as my primary platform of choice, what >> > are bsd's strong points? >> >> My answers wouldn't do it justice. What's the best URL to send them to? >> (Bear in mind they'll only watch for about 5 seconds after they click >> unless it really grabs their attention) >> >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> -*Sue*- >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > Uhm.. tell them about Yahoo! and Hotmail who use FreeBSD for their > web server. Tell them about commercial places such as Whistle and > Juniper who use FreeBSD as a base for their products. Tell them > about some of the largest ISPs that use FreeBSD: > http://www.best.com > http://support.pair.com/status/details.html > > Strong points? Security, stability, speed, centralized development, > this list can go on... > >-- Yan > >I don't have the password .... + Jan Koum >But the path is chainlinked .. | Spelled Jan, pronounced Yan. There. >So if you've got the time .... | Web: http://www.best.com/~jkb >Set the tone to sync ......... + OS: http://www.FreeBSD.org > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message