Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:22:43 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: (FWD) Re: Server Strategies: At Brigham Young, NT Barely Makes Grade Message-ID: <19981113132243.Q15956@nuxi.com>
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Well, looks like we've managed to open up one site's eyes. :-)) -- David ----- Forwarded message from Brad Stone <brad_stone@byu.edu> ----- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:21:31 -0700 From: Brad Stone <brad_stone@byu.edu> Subject: Re: Server Strategies: At Brigham Young, NT Barely Makes Grade X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 At 11:00 AM 11/13/98 -0800, you wrote: >Hi Mr. Stone, > >I just read in http://www.internetwk.com/trends/trends110998-1.htm that >BYU wanted an NT solution because > > "It came down to the cost question. We could put in dual-processor > Pentiums running NT for $7,000 versus tens of thousands of dollars > for a Unix box." > >Is there any reason you have not tried a FreeBSD solution? You can find David, I appreciate your comments. A number of people have suggested both Linux and FreeBSD in response to the article. We will investigate the FreeBSD solution. I didn't know about the professional support, which is very important to us. I am a little worried that some of the commercial software packages port quickly for the commercial Unix platforms, but don't seem to have solutions for Linux or FreeBSD. Is this what you have found? - Brad ---------------------------------------------------------------- Brad Stone ("''/").___..--''"`-._ University Computing Services `o_ o ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) Brigham Young University (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' Internet: Brad_Stone@byu.edu ..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' .' Phone : (801) 378-7459 (il).-'' ((i).' ((!.-' ----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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