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Date:      Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:57:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
To:        "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Caldera? (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909061456050.8844-100000@guru.phone.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909061920.MAA20430@freeway.dcfinc.com>

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On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Chad R. Larson wrote:
:->This discussion broke out on another list.  Did I miss any major
:->points?

Yes...

:->> Well,
:->>     stability
:->>     security
:->>     non-fragmented (there's only one "distribution")
:->>     central control of distribution (not just the kernel)
:->>     better unification of vision of what said distribution is to be
:->>     unified "make", build entire system with single command
:->>     better performance on same hardware, especially TCP/IP stack
:->>     well over 2000 software package already ported
:->>     good package management
:->>     12 years of development
:->> to name a few.

It runs commercial Linux applications. This makes FreeBSD a good
choice for a Linux seat.

	<mike



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