From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 15 16:15:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6872FDEF for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2ABA6973 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:15:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-67-138.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.67.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E42BD3CBFF; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:14:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s2FGEZtZ003902; Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:14:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:14:35 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Jorge Luis Carvalho Santos Subject: Re: What operating system BSD that makes possible the existence of Internet? Message-Id: <20140315171435.98709b08.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:15:08 -0000 On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:56:21 +0300, Jorge Luis Carvalho Santos wrote: > I know that the BSD makes possible the existence of the Internet > and e-mails. OpenBSD not ended because someone came to pay their > account energy. They are running build servers in "real hardware" for some very specific architectures (e. g. Sun Sparc), so moving them to an untrusted place hasn't been an option for the decision makers. > If OpenBSD had been terminated, the Internet continue to exist? Sure. OpenBSD (and other BSDs) are in place at many points where you would not expect them, and they will continue running. Also the source code is out there, that's why saying "being terminated" would not really fit. OpenBSD won't go away just because some bill is not payed. :-) > What operating system BSD that makes possible the existence > of Internet? Next to OpenBSD, I'd say NetBSD and FreeBSD. They are already vital components in many appliances and "lower level servers". There are also many Linux solutions in enterprise-grade and home-consumer-grade devices. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...