Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:09:24 -0600 From: rootman <rootman@xmission.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Justification for using FreeBSD Message-ID: <01061422103105.00463@blackmirror.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <3B297F99.D8D5059B@iowna.com> References: <01061417404103.00261@blackmirror.xmission.com> <01061419302201.00346@blackmirror.xmission.com> <3B297F99.D8D5059B@iowna.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ok, thanks for the additional ammunition. I'm going to need all I can get. 8^) On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Bill Moran wrote: > [copied this back to the list so others with stories could chime in] > > rootman wrote: > > > > Thanks Bill, > > > > Can you elaborate on #2? > > > 2. FreeBSD/Apache is more standards compliant > > Do you remember the JAVA/JScript thing? Sun was going to sue M$ for > using the JAVA logo when their products weren't really JAVA compliant. > Instead of fixing the problem, M$ came up with the JScript (or is it > Visual J++ - can't remember the exact name) thing. It's named that to > intentionally confuse people via the marketing. Applications written in > JAVA run on J++ enabled platforms, but apps written in J++ don't work > under JAVA enabled platforms. This way, M$ makes their point that M$ > products work with M$ products. They try to leverage their dominance in > the browser market to help out their ailing Web server market (M$ only > has ~20% of the web servers, whereas Apache has over 60%) > Look at KAME. Because of KAME, FreeBSD (as well as Linux and the other > BSDs) are fully IPv6 ready. So the FreeNix systems are already prepared > for the next generation of the Internet protocols. Where is M$ IPv6 > support? > Dial out to the internet using a m$ product and start a large download, > then unplug the phone and plug it back in. The download will be ABORTED > and you'll have to restart it. This is a VIOLATION of TCP protocol > standards. TCP is a RELIABLE protocol. Do the same thing with a BSD > machine. Once you plug the phone line back in the system will dial back > out and the donwloald will be automagically re-established - picking up > where it left off. This is in compliance with TCP standards. > > There are probably more examples ... that's just what came to mind. > > -Bill > > -- > If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, > then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?01061422103105.00463>