Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:56:43 +0100 From: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> To: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need to justify FreeBSD vs. Win2K Message-ID: <4.1.19991216045047.009cac40@mail.rz.fh-wilhelmshaven.de> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991215224130.009ed100@mail.udel.edu>
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>- Mail server >- Router >- Existing AIX-based box >- Possibly web server >- Firewall (separate machine). >- A single NT machine for a proprietary software package - simple >client/server architecture. All communication with it will be IP based. >Here's the needs: >- Ease of maintenance >- GREAT stability >- High security Hi! OK, here are some arguments: Mail/news servers are far more efficient on a UNIX box, NTs creeping there. Higher stability Every new product, especially Microshit, needs lotsa bugfixes and servicepacks, and you don't get them in time, and cannot fix it yourself, because of NT not being open source. FreeBSD is a mature product, with its roots being long before M$ was founded Leaner product, you only install what you need, and you got a better job of tightening security holes. NT installs just everything, and then you wonder whats up. M$ Internet Explorer shit everywhere as integral part of OS-very big leak Better performance due to leaner driver concept. Hope that helps Regards Olaf Hoyer - - - - - - - -=20 Olaf Hoyer ICQ: 22838075 mailto: Olaf.Hoyer@nightfire.de home: www.nightfire.de (The home of the burning CPU) Wer mit Ungeheuern k=E4mpft, mag zusehn,=20 da=DF er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund=20 auch in dich hinein. (Friedrich Nietzsche, Jenseits von Gut und B=F6se) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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