Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:43:35 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: solaris is free. (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980812114329.20705E-100000@elect8>
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> > Sun likes to ship complete systems they can reliably > > support. Giving supports to PC weenies is not one of their favourite > > hobbies. > > Yes, Sun is used to having decent hardware. The dirty secret in this > industry is that PC manufacturers have been getting away with murder for > years. We use here a RIP (a Rack with Inexpensive Pentium's). If one machine is loaded, you just move on to the next... I am at the moment logged into five of them. 2 internal networks. IF that is not fast enough we spend another 1000 ECU on another ethernet card and there we go again... Lovely way of working. Only installing the buggers is a bitch. But then again, you just by an extra in case you break one... Nah, I've done Solaris and I've done FreeBSD. FreeBSD is a lot more fun because it runs on cheaper hardware. Solaris sucks when installing software. Not a lot of people use packages. In contrast, nothing compares to the quality of the /usr/ports directory. Nick -- building: 27A address: STA-ISIS, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy tel.: +39 332 78 9549 fax.: +39 332 78 9185 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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