Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:31:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: telecom1@erols.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9808202226520.23169-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <35DD0005.68C1@erols.com>
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On Fri, 21 Aug 1998 telecom1@erols.com wrote: >Hello, > > I am having difficulty trying to decide which software > to run. > > If you could answer these questions, on NT w/ Website Pro, > compared with FREEBsd, I would greatly appreciate it: > > I am also new to this, and I am looking for a simple, and > easy to understand application: > > Questions: > --------- > > 1.) Ease of Use (Administration) NT is easier to admin then Unix to a person who never used a computer before. For me Unix would be easier to admin then NT since I don't know much about NT tunning, etc. > > 2.) Software Compatibility Issues (cgi's, perl scripts, C >programs, etc.) Perl was written on Unix. Unix is written in C. It all ties together. > > 3.) Re-booting Issues Most Unix boxes have months and months of uptime and are rebooted for software patches/updates. NT on the other hand.. well.. > > 4.) Security (Which is more secure?) FreeBSD can be make very secure (www.best.com/~jkb/howto.txt) Any person with half a clue in NT (that include me) can take over NT box in no time. > > 5.) FreeBSD w/ Apache OR Website Pro for NT? > which is better & why? FreeBSD is better. Why? Ask people who run it. Like yahoo! which is 100% FreeBSD shop. Or ask people at Hotmail who run FreeBSD on their web servers because NT couldn't handle the load. > > 6.) Anything else I forgot to mention. Yes, you forgot to ask where to get FreeBSD. Look at www.freebsd.org for more info. -- Yan > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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