Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:01:57 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: aho@hyh.pc.my (Anthony Ho) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI Message-ID: <199603051801.NAA08077@etinc.com>
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jkh writes... >Evaluate them both and see what you think. > >Sorry, but our position on this is that we won't make "use xxx over >yyy" statements given that it's impossible to even answer this >question correctly for any given query. Different people have >different needs, and whereas FreeBSD might be the clear choice for >one, BSDI may be a clear choice for another. > >In other words, we're not going to give you a canned answer, nor will >we attempt to cite "reasons" which may or may not even be relevant to >your situation. Get whichever OS the person who will be *maintaining* >your system is most comfortable with. > >Regards, > > Jordan > > >> We are thinking of setting up an Internet Server (for email and web, >> ftp). >> >> Should we use FreeBSD or BSDI. Please give reasons. >> >> Thks. >> >> --- Well, we DO make recommendations. Its pretty hard to evaluate a product in a live environment when it takes so much work to get it set up and running. They're both substantially similar...there is no "stability" advantage of one over the other. BSDI's support of dial-in cards is better (for now), but it lags behind several months in features. The only good reason to pay for it is if you are a newbie and need telephone support, which is not nearly as good as it was 18months ago. If you have to put up multiple servers, BSDI can get pretty expensive without much advantage. Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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