Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 04:19:27 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Alan Batie <batie@agora.rdrop.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape: Linux a top priority (news.com article) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410041758.18329B-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <19980409230039.28542@agora.rdrop.com>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Alan Batie wrote: > Just add a bit more to the general Linux indignation running around here, > check out yesterday's Linux piece on NPR at > > http://www.npr.org/news/tech/ > > (Real Audio needed) OK, this is moving *ME* off my lazy @$$. And that's a job of moving. Last time I moved, it was in January of '97 to put a 100 meg partition for FreeBSD-2.1.6. Here's a letter I just sent off to NPR. Apologies in advance for toes stepped on/liberties taken/stupid things said. ---------------------------------------------- >From fullermd@futuresouth.com Fri Apr 10 04:17:21 1998 Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 03:58:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: atc@npr.org Subject: Alternative to MS I am gratified to hear the positive mention of free OS's in your show. It's been a long time since any large entity so respected as NPR showed such an alternative to expensive, commercial operating systems in such a good light. I commend you for this and implore you to continue; there is much more information that could be covered in a longer segment in the future. Additionally, there is a point I'd like to bring forward here. Linux IS a very nice operating system, but, as with any software, it cannot be all things to all people. My choice for the systems I administer is FreeBSD. Linux is an excellent operating system for smaller systems, but larger servers require a more powerful, stable OS. Systems such as Yahoo! and Walnut Creek CDROM run some of the most highly loaded servers in the world (Walnut Creek CDROM boasts the worlds largest public access general FTP site), yet both have chosen to run FreeBSD for it's unparalleled stability under immense loads.. Unlike Linux, which is a UNIX-like OS written by Linus Torvalds, FreeBSD is descended directly from 4.4BSD-Lite, the last official release of UNIX from Berkely, and is thus a true UNIX (ignoring present trademarks on the word). Information on FreeBSD can be found at http://www.freebsd.org, and you may contact core@freebsd.org if you'd like to talk to someone about setting up an interview. Your positive treatment of free software is wonderful; I for one should like to see this continue in the future, and hope to hear remarks also on FreeBSD, as well as other free OS's available such as NetBSD (www.netbsd.org), OpenBSD (www.openbsd.org), and the various releases of Linux (Caldera, Red Hat, SuSe, Slackware, etc). Regards, Matthew Fuller System Administrator, FutureSouth Communications, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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