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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



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