Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:50:29 -0300 From: Alex Moura <alexsm@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity Message-ID: <de2590e91003011050w3a2a48d5ne45edbb8b82f170c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9d972bed1003011013w33c09017te962078be7768406@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <9d972bed1003010724g5b64123ap5ff18c408dc0a7e@mail.gmail.com> <20100301114445.GB26935@apollo.podro.com> <9d972bed1003011013w33c09017te962078be7768406@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/3/1 Roger <rnodal@gmail.com> > (...) > > Performance under heavy load is another thing linux users probably > > aren't aware of. (I wasn't!) > > Could you elaborate on this point? If you don't mind. I'm always in the > hunt for opportunities to learn what others have experienced. > > > It's hard to find a hosting provider that'll do FreeBSD, this I assume > > is because people aren't asking for it and people aren't asking for it > > because they probably don't know about it (or why it's good for server > > level stuff) > > > > I'm with you on this one. It still puzzles me. Even though I'm not qualify > yet to provide any theories :) > I thought there was plenty of options for FreeBSD hosting around, given its popularity. Googling this string makes it spit a lot of results, including jails hostings. freebsd '(vps|hosting)' > > > Clearly, some "marketing" is needed if we are to have choices in the > > future about hosting. > > > > It's not linux users in particular though, a lot of people who *make the > > decisions* don't even know what linux is, they just hear a lot of hype > > about it and figure "everyone else is using linux, so it must be > > better". > > > > I agree with you. My boss understand nothing about Linux yet we are using > it. > Just to quote my boss. "I don't love Linux but I hate it more that Linux". > I'm working in a master plan to bring FreeBSD to the light ;). Any tips > would be welcome :). > Start here: FreeBSD Advocacy http://www.freebsd.org/advocacy/ And there are some enlightening references: FreeBSD: An Open Source Alternative to Linux http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/linux-comparison/article.html Twenty Years of Berkeley Unix - From AT&T-Owned to Freely Redistributable http://oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html FreeBSD Project Administration and Management http://www.freebsd.org/administration.html Regards, Alex
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