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Date:      Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:05:21 +0800
From:      Craig Beasland <craig@hotmix.com.au>
To:        "'FreeBSD Questions List'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   FW: Linux Bits and Pieces
Message-ID:  <01C7F728BCABD211860B00C0261004192D15@ABERDEEN>

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Hi there,

Sorry about the length of this one.  I read recently on cnet.com somewhere a
story about Linux and how it will change the world.  I thought I would help
the FreeBSD cause and send him a message about FreeBSD.

I have also included his responce.

I am interested to hear any comments.

Cheers
Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: masterbuilder@briefcase.com [mailto:masterbuilder@briefcase.com]
On Behalf Of Dan Shafer
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 12:19 AM
To: craig@hotmix.com.au
Subject: Re: Linux Bits and Pieces


Thanks for writing.

I am aware of FreeBSD. I haven't actually used it myself; there are only so
many
hours in a day! But I have talked with several people and organizations who
have
used it and Linux and frankly you're the first to say it is better than
Linux. I
spent some time a few weeks ago with a guy who runs tech support at a pretty
big
ISP and he said they did a thorough eval of both and concluded that Linux,
with
the right configuration and add-ins, was vastly superior to FreeBSD on the
security issue.

Still, I will try to find the time to look into this subject more deeply
myself.

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Dan Shafer, Editorial Director, CNET Builder.com
dshafer@cnet.com - 415-395-7805, ext. 4100 <-- NEW AS OF 3/8/99!!!!!
http://www.builder.com - http://buzz.builder.com
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Craig Beasland wrote:
> Dan,
>
> I keep reading on the cNet web site each month about how Linux is
> the best
> thing since sliced bread.  I would like to point out to you another
> excellent (in my opinion better) free, open source operating system.
> FreeBSD although it only runs on Intel Architecture, should get
> a mention
> next time you compare open source software.  Similar to Linux but
> BSD based
> it offers security and high performance.
>
> We run a combination of NT, FreeBSD and Linux, and I would back
> my FreeBSD
> boxes over the others anytime.  Linux seems to get all the publicity
> and all
> the rave reviews while FreeBSD goes largely unnoticed (possibly
> because of
> the really bad name?).
>
> The Internet support from my experience for FreeBSD is superior
> to Linux,
> there is one site that you can goto to get technical and application
> information and Dejanews carries and archive of their mailing lists.
>
> Check out www.freebsd.org for more information.
>
> Cheers
> Craig Beasland
>
>
>


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