Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:44:21 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Martin Cote <mcote@cypress.bc.ca> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Need info on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610163745.358A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD946F.608BD760.mcote@cypress.bc.ca>
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On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Martin Cote wrote: >Could you please answer the following questions ASAP: > >1-What are the top three differences between FreeBSD,QNX and WinNT? This is pretty subjective. I will leave it alone. >2-Is FreeBSD better than Linux or QNX? Yes. :) >3-What are the fees and costs related with FreeBSD (License cost? What >about Dev tools?) Zip, Zilch, Nada. Dev tools too. >4-Is the Kernel code available for modifications? Yes. >5-Is it a tough OS to learn for an experienced Embedded C/C++ Programmer? No. Unix was written in C. C was written for Unix. >6-Can it run on any platform? Currently only INTEL platforms in RELEASE. Alpha platforms in BETA. >7-Can we use TCP/IP networking with it? TCP/IP networking was "defined" by BSD. Yes. >8-Can we program our own GUI interface? Yes. But many good GUI's are available for free. >9-What about programming? (Compilers, info..) There are many compilers the run on FreeBSD. There is PERL, JDK, gcc, g77 ... just about anything you can think of. >10-Who uses FreeBSD and what is a popular FreeBSD application? ISP's, corporations, Yahoo!, cdrom.com. Desktop users who want stability and flexibilty. Providing services (smtp, dns, http, ftp, telnet, smb, nat, netatalk) is FreeBSD's forte Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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