Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 11:28:38 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> To: Stuart Krivis <stuart@apk.net>, Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: Tim Parkinson <tim.parkinson@ccr.ntu.ac.uk>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What do people on the list use FreeBSD for? Message-ID: <19980614112838.55127@nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.980613104516.27901C-100000@junior.apk.net>; from Stuart Krivis on Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 10:49:42AM -0400 References: <19980613112413.17708@nothing-going-on.org> <Pine.GSO.3.95.980613104516.27901C-100000@junior.apk.net>
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On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 10:49:42AM -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote: > On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Nik Clayton wrote: > > > and probably other bits and pieces. > > All of which simply says that FreeBSD can do just about anything that any > other unix can (within the limits of the PC hardware and availability of > commercial software.) Oh, absolutely. > > It's not used as much at my current job because we're pretty much a Solaris > > shop. I do use it as my desktop workstation though. > > Even then, PC unix can be very cost-effective for certain things. And > FreeBSD or Linux are much less expensive than Solaris x86. :-) Yeah. Some of our internal firewall and masquerading kit runs FreeBSD and Linux. But our webservers, nameservers and so on are all Solaris for the suit's peace of mind. > > and I plan on experimenting with Amancio's suggestions for how to set up > > a FreeBSD box+modem+soundcard as an answerphone. > > I tried this out on my Mac. It was kind of cool to do, but a standard > answering machine is a better solution. :-) Sorry, I stopped paying attention to that sentence after the "kind of cool" phrase. Besides, you can't do telephone trees with a standard answerphone, nor can it mail you your messages as attachments, or play different greeting based on the CLID. . . N -- You are in a maze of twisty signature files all the same. -- You are in a maze of twisty signature files all alike. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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