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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 14:21:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Chad O. Thompson" <cothomps@visi.com>
To: bryce <bburnip@burnip.net>
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Subject: Re: ccna
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Well... question answered!

FreeBSD it is!!  8)

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, bryce wrote:

> 
> Well, I wrote the CCNA 2.0 exam, and I don't recall any unix related
> questions.
> 
> With that said of course, FreeBSD is by far my unix flavor of choice.
> 
> =)
> 
> Bryce
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Chad O. Thompson wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Maybe someone with CCNA exam experience can detail this more than I can
> > (I'm just a software developer, not a networking guy...)
> > 
> > It probably does not really matter which one if you are simply interested
> > in learning UNIX commands, programming languages, etc.  To the majority of
> > users (non-admins), the interfaces are identical.  So, for learning UNIX
> > commands, etc., just go with whichever one is readily available.
> > 
> > That being said, if you are more interested in the strict networking and
> > TCP/IP implemenations, FreeBSD is probably the better choice, since most
> > commercial Unix implementations use the same TCP/IP stack, as far as I am
> > aware.  A lot of "big" web sites use FreeBSD for servers, due to better
> > network performance, etc.
> > 
> > Can someone else improve on this response?  (Or, if interested, just flame
> > me?)
> > 
> > Chad
> > 
> > On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, SUNIL KOTAI wrote:
> > 
> > > I read one of your articles debating BSD or Linux.
> > > Perhaps you can help. I'm a novice at UNIX and I'm
> > > interested in pursuing the Cisco Certified Network
> > > Associate course. Which version of UNIX should I go
> > > for in order to do well in the language part of the
> > > exam? 
> > > 
> > > Appreciate it if I get a reply.
> > > 
> > > sunil_kotai@yahoo.com
> > > 
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