Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:54:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: EKuklajr@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stability of FreeBSD vs Linux 2.1.x / 2.2.1 Message-ID: <19990129155451.P8473@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <a8e47295.36b1187e@aol.com>; from EKuklajr@aol.com on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 09:10:06PM -0500 References: <a8e47295.36b1187e@aol.com>
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On Thursday, 28 January 1999 at 21:10:06 -0500, EKuklajr@aol.com wrote: > My company is looking into re-writing our MS-DOS application as a Unix > application and i am seriously considering Open source projects such as > FreeBSD and Linux as our workstation OS. Is there any study or data > indicating which release is the most stable for our Intel Pentium platforms? > Or are they equivalent? Stability is important as our machines are toxic gas > monitors (running 24/7/365), and reliability is very VERY important. I think that, compared to MS-DOS, both are incredibly stable. As Jason says, it's difficult to make accurate comparisons. One approach would be to port to both platforms: they're similar enough that this should be no more difficult than porting to just one. For *real* reliablity, run one machine with each. This would, incidentally, put you in the best position to ascertain the relative reliability of the systems for your particular application. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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