From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 6 13:01:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D2816A4DD for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:01:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27F843D46 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:01:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailspool2.panix.com (mailspool2.panix.com [166.84.1.79]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FABC9D92B; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:01:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-68-58-232-106.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.58.232.106]) by mailspool2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F35C21083BC5; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:01:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GKx22-0005VI-00; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:01:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:01:30 -0400 From: stan To: Giorgos Keramidas Message-ID: <20060906130130.GB20836@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Giorgos Keramidas , Bill-Schoolcraft , backyard , freebsd-questions , "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" References: <20060905113248.52614.qmail@web83112.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060906121514.GA62439@gothmog.pc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060906121514.GA62439@gothmog.pc> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 08:50:18 up 142 days, 9:55, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: backyard , Bill-Schoolcraft , freebsd-questions , "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Subject: Re: solaris X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:01:32 -0000 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 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)