Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:41:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: just how many known viruses are there for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108011539010.68455-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <01080114305101.00588@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org>
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> > I am wondering (in order to convince my boss) about > > the feasibility of using FreeBSD as a webserver > > instead of Win2000 running IIS. > > > > In particular, I was wondering just how many known > > viruses there are for FreeBSD. > > Also if you compare the cost of the license and upgrades, FreeBSD is the > clear winner at $0.00. And scalability... AND reliability... we have a Windows 2K machine and a FreeBSD machine both running web services, same hardware... That Windows 2K machine still needs to be rebooted every once in a while. The FreeBSD machine last went down due to a power outage that outlasted the UPS. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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