Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:32:05 -0500 From: mgruver@reveregroup.com To: jquinada@worldnet.att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: If you don't mind me asking... Message-ID: <862569B5.004FD84F.00@main.reveregroup.com>
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j, Well, as a member of the BSD community (though not on the committees or inner circle or anything, I just use it and try to help others) who has had exposure to all three, there are different approaches to philosophy of each group and, therefore, different emphasis in the implementation of the same Berkley Unix Kernel. So, to answer your question directly; Yes, they are built on the same thing and share many characteristics. However, programs must be ported to each implementation and therefore diverege slightly. Secondly, FreeBSD has focused on the Intel and Alpha processor platform and, therefore, all of the periphrials that you would find for this processor platform. OpenBSD supports the i386 platform, but also others and is focused on security and netserver implementations. NetBSD is the most scalable of the three implementations (arguably) and focuses on operating on a lot of platforms, including the i386. Most BSD people consider NetBSD very hardcore and FreeBSD the easiest install. However, remember that easy of use implies complexity of the implementation to make it easy. Just my $0.02. You guys, feel free to add on or correct here. Mike mgruver@carolina.rr.com mgruver@reveregroup.com "Build a man a fire and he is warm for one day... set a man on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life." -------------------------------------------- <jquinada@worldnet.att.net wrote> (sic) "...what is the difference between FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD? Are they the same and the groups just don't work together, or are they geared toward different markets?... (sic) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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