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Subject: Re: [OFF] FreeBSD vs Solaris - Opinions?
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Please don't compare Solaris with FreeBSD. It depends on your situation...

as a rough guide:

Solaris is good for supercomputing... 
FreeBSD is just too good for anything other than that 

e.g. if you are talking about oracle/mysql/web apps FreeBSD rocks but 
Solaris domain is DB2.. 

so both have value it really depends on what you want.

rgds,

On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 01:43:48AM -0700, Steve Warwick wrote:
> Hi All, 
> 
> Sorry for the off topic post but I am interested to get some different
> opinions on the "which is better FreeBSD or Solaris?" topic. Everyone I know
> is pro Sun so I'm trying to get a balanced view.
> 
> Actually, to clarify my situation:
> 
> Which, in your opinion would make a better server. Sun UltrSparc 5 / 333mhz
> running Solaris (I got a great deal on a couple of machines) or a generic
> Athlon 1.2mhz running FreeBSD. [both machines have ATA drives & 256meg]
> 
> Your thoughts and expert opinions welcomed, including the peripheral topics
> of support, usergroups etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
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