Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:01:30 -0400 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com>, Bill-Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Subject: Re: solaris Message-ID: <20060906130130.GB20836@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20060906121514.GA62439@gothmog.pc> References: <20060905113248.52614.qmail@web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <Pine.LNX.4.61.0609052239260.317@liam> <20060906121514.GA62439@gothmog.pc>
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Just a point, I'm the proud owner of _at least_ 2 different current types of Sun hardware, that FreeBSD does not work on, at least not wekk enoygh to deploy production machines that is. Blade 1500's don't work _at all_ and U40's are too unstable to deploy. It's shame,as for the applications I bought these machines for, I'd prefer FreeSBSD. On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 03:15:14PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-09-05 22:50, Bill-Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> wrote: > > If just a "relatively" small handful of dedicated FreeBSD coders can > > produce an OS that will install on damm near "ANYTHING" I always found > > it troubling that SUN Microsystems, with all it's resources, could > > not, at the least, make their x86 OS (think Solaris-10) install with > > support, for lets say, what FreeBSD had for 4.2? > > > > I mean, all the drivers are available, wouldn't one think that they > > could at least support what FreeBSD supports in terms of number of > > devices? > > I don't speak officially *for* FreeBSD, but let's be a bit realistic > shall we? There are both good and bad points for both FreeBSD and > Solaris. I'm sure someone can find hardware on which FreeBSD can not > be installed at all. The same can be said for Solaris. In the end, > it is all a matter of what hardware you have and what your particular > application requires :-) > > Having said that, I am more comfortable with the FreeBSD-way of doing > most things, so when I have the choise and *both* systems can be used, > I usually pick FreeBSD just because it is the one I know best. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
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