Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:23:08 -0500 From: Benjamin Lewis <blewis@vet.purdue.edu> To: "Neil C. Jensen" <njensen@salsa.habaneros.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: I'm almost afraid to ask, but.... Message-ID: <199606130423.XAA15605@ylana.vet.purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Jun 1996 17:10:28 MST." <01BB5882.11F0B100@jalapeno.habaneros.com>
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Niel C. Jensen wrote: > It's time for us to upgrade and buy a new Internet server; primarily > running Aache and probably mSQL. Our present server is based on FreeBSD > 2.1R, and I've been very happy with it (thank-you FreeBSD team!). > Unfortunately, I'm getting questions from my colleagues re. the use of > other systems (i.e. Sun Netra, Sun SPARC5, SGI WebForce Indy, etc). The > feeling is that because we are not paying (through the nose, I might add), > we are not getting quality, fast systems. I would like to get some hard > evidence to support my arguments to continue using FreeBSD. The easiest thing to do would be to send a couple thousand dollars to FreeBSD, Inc. That way you get the same high quality operating system that you already use, your colleagues feel as though they are paying enough for a fast, quality system, and FreeBSD is able to improve even more. What a deal! And all for much less money than an SGI, too. -Ben P.S. Hard Evidence? [ftp|www].cdrom.com - the busiest server on the Internet. -- Benjamin Lewis - blewis@vet.purdue.edu
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