From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 29 15:39:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E28106566B for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:39:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [89.206.35.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDA8C8FC08 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:39:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3THdjFJ001821; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:39:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id q3THdjEA001818; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:39:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:39:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Jerry McAllister In-Reply-To: <20120427203117.GA2055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Message-ID: References: <20120427203117.GA2055@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender passed SPF test, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:39:46 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Andy Young Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:39:51 -0000 > there are lots of services that could benefit from FreeBSD who are > not very aware of it. They may have heard the name, and even know > that it is an OS, but have heard it passed off as a non-entity in > the field and do not know better than that. > Don't really understand you. Basically everything that is open source compiles under FreeBSD out of the box (or out of ports) or can be ported without big work. Even if you have binary only 99% of the time linux emulation works great (for me it worked 100% of time). And yes - linux is faster if you run one program at a time and measures how fast openoffice loads. When you get to make greatly loaded server you will end it buying 50 servers to split "high" load or install FreeBSD. Everyone have a choice. I really can't imagine serving average sized company using one server running linux, with file transfers going over gigabit ethernet from multiple workstations, AND with everyone using his/her mail AND sendmail receives/sends mails and passes through antispam and antivirus and greylister AND lots of people view their website, AND there are 5 virtualboxed windoze session to run old software under windoze XP AND doing web proxy AND encrypting everything on disk. Still - getting by average one core saturated, with good deal of it being encryption (fortunately AESNI support here). All this AT THE SAME TIME on lower end dell T110-II tower server with 4 disks and 8GB RAM and single quad core xeon. If someone want to sell a lot of hardware then he/she will not like FreeBSD!