Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 21:24:47 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: Doug <DougGuy@dal.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The popularity meter [Fwd: Re: Suggested OS] Message-ID: <351C5F6F.41C67EA6@asme.org> References: <351810EF.41C67EA6@asme.org> <xzphg4kihwy.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> <351BBB19.41C67EA6@asme.org> <351C4743.E372815C@dal.net>
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I have to admit that I wanted to keep FreeBSD as a secret for myself once and let the other guys dwell with their primitive solution, but I would REALLY like if FreeBSD were more popular because we would have more funding, and also we would have more native commercial applications to play with. I have ported many freeware applications, and it surprises me that: 1) Many software authors don't know about FreeBSD, some even think it's a version of Linux. 2) Linux applications are usually very badly written; even if they are commercial. Lately I built Freedom-lite and while it seems to work there are so many warnings I preferred not to port it. Pedro. Doug wrote: > > Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > OTOH many people in the FreeBSD lists tend to say Linux is great simply > > because it's free, while we do a better job in most fronts. This > > attitude of not disserning publically which is the technically superior > > solution only tends to create more fanatism around Linux and more stupid > > meters that don't prove anything. > > I have posted several times a detailed account regarding how side by > side tests on our network have proven conclusively that Freebsd is the > best OS for tcp/ip intensive applications, beating out linux (easily), > bsdi, solaris and an assortment of other exotic alternatives. The server > I refer to in my .sig holds the record for all irc servers on all > networks. > > Now ircd is only one subset of what you want to use unix for, however > the fact that freebsd is technically superior for "real work" in a > production environment is good enough for me. :) > > Doug > > -- > *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** > *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest > *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. > *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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