Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:21:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gorton Zhao Guo Wei <gwzhao@multiwave.com.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A couple of questions to FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809171419460.2759-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000701bde1fc$57b6d510$dfd378cb@gwzhao.pacific.net.sg>
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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Gorton Zhao Guo Wei wrote: > I was advised to have a try to FreeBSD by a friend, I have looked at > your web site, but still have a couple of questions. It would be > appreciated if you could respond my message. > > 1 -- I want to use the FreeBSD as my web server and also link my web > pages to a data-base. I want to know if there is any database > management program like SQL server in the FreeBSD. Maybe, Oracle is > the one, but as I know, it has yet supported to FreeBSD. When the Linux version of Oracle comes out, it should run under the emulator. in the meantime, we have several selections; see the databases ports category. > 2 -- FreeBSD is quite popular to the world of Internet server. May I > have a list of server functions which FreeBSD has integrated to > operating system, another word they are in 4 CDs of FreeBSD? Anything you can dream up. Most of them are provided on the CD in the form of ports. > 3 -- I have a Microsoft backoffice small business server. Can I have a > list of FreeBSD software which has the similar functionality to MS > Proxy server, MS SQL server, MS fax server and MS Exchange server. I > want to compare FreeBSD against MS backoffice small business server. I > would like have your opinion of this. I don't know of anything that interfaces to BackOffice, but I don't know anything about BO, either. > 4 -- Is it possible for FreeBSD to use as a router? Absolutely. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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