Hey Bill, about which BSD are you talking? Linux is good for desk top
and playing around with KDE but when it comes to serious work get out
the BSD. (FreeBSD for network servers and OpenBSD for security, i.e
Firewalls).
Unix version loyalty is fine but don't disillusion yourself about
capability.
Timothy
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On 5/5/2002 at 10:58 PM Bill wrote:
>On Sunday 05 May 2002 20:50, you wrote:
>> > I don't know that I'd say it's "technically" superior
>> >to Linux. That's a religious issue analogous to microkernel vs
>> >monolithic kernels or vi vs emacs. But it does appear to be more
>> >reliable. Of course, with Linux uptimes like we've seen on this
list,
>> >I'm not sure it much matters.
>>
>> Now and then I get email about how we're "scared" to run more BSD
>> stories on one site or another. Yup. Every time I see a little red
devil
>> logo I go boo-hooing into the nearest corner because "my" operating
>> system can't keep up.
>>
>
>
>
>My machine is up 75 days. Running a BSD would not improve that. On my
peak
>day so far, I served up >7,500 web pages from home. Running a BSD
would
>not
>improve that.
>
>I have a ton of application software. Running a BSD would not improve
>that.
>Just a quick mental review of what I have seen offered on freshmeat
causes
>me
>to believe that, if anything, running a BSD would reduce my
application
>software options.
>
>Linux is struggling to prove itself superior to Windows on the
desktop. As
>a
>technical issue, in that battle I am convinced that Linux is the clear
>victor. On the perceptual level with zillions of other users, it has a
>ways
>to go.
>
>BSD is struggling to prove itself a worthy successor to Linux. Maybe
it is
>a
>worthy successor. However, IMO, as well as the opinions of IBM and a
>number
>of other major corporations, BSD has not yet proven that.
>
>It is one thing to be the greatest. It is another to prove it.
>
>Bill
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