Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 14:57:23 -0700 From: "Mark Holloway" <mark@vegasstar.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FreeBSD in DV Magazine Message-ID: <01bd6727$23844b60$0100a8c0@mark>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD66EC.77257360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi. My name is Mark and I live in Las Vegas. I was at Comp USA and was = reading "DV Magazine". It puts a focus on Digital Video, 3D Animation, = and more. There was an article written buy a guy who talked about = having the power of Unix without the expense of a Sun or SGI system. Of = course, they were talking mainly about streaming Real video over the net = (being a video mag) but they even went beyond that, comparing the power = (and lack of) when using NT vs other OSs. In the end, they said FreeBSD = combined with Apache on a Pentium II / 266 makes for an extremely = powerful web server! I have to agree. But most of all, I'm just glad = to see FreeBSD getting such positive feedback from people who could so = easily sellout to Linux. Don't take me the wrong way, I'm not bashing = Linux, but editors like winning brownie points from companies.. and when = companies like ZDnet and mags like DV are saying that FReeBSD is the = fastest, most reliable OS out there - that's a good thing! =20 I'm fairly new to the Unix-like environment. I've always been a = Microsoft user. But as I'm getting ready to enter the Network Admin = field I want to be comfortable with Unix. I know it won't happen over = night, but I need to start sometime. I thought Unix would eventually = just go away, but it seems to be coming out strong again. Rather than = take sides and bash companies for their flaws, I'm focusing on how to = setup and administor a stable network environment using both Unix and = NT. That's the future...not just one OS, but both. NT is good for SQL = server stuff, and FreeBSD is perfect everything else.=20 When I went to my local ISP to setup my server, I practically shit my = pants! I was only 1 of 2 machines running NT Server. The other 17 were = ALL running FreeBSD! I think more people run it than you realize.. = It's just one of those things that when its up and running withuot any = problems, you don't feel like you have to run to all your peers and say = "HAHA, my OS is better than your because of this this and this..". = Nope, you just sit back, relax, and think to yourself - now I have time = to go to the gym, workout, go on vacation without stressing, etc.... = That's the real difference! Mark PS - I went to Borders and picked up the Complete FreeBSD book, it's = awesome! ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD66EC.77257360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi. My name is Mark and I live = in Las=20 Vegas. I was at Comp USA and was reading "DV = Magazine". It=20 puts a focus on Digital Video, 3D Animation, and more. There was = an=20 article written buy a guy who talked about having the power of Unix = without the=20 expense of a Sun or SGI system. Of course, they were talking = mainly about=20 streaming Real video over the net (being a video mag) but they even went = beyond=20 that, comparing the power (and lack of) when using NT vs other = OSs. In the=20 end, they said FreeBSD combined with Apache on a Pentium II / 266 makes = for an=20 extremely powerful web server! I have to agree. But most of = all, I'm=20 just glad to see FreeBSD getting such positive feedback from people who = could so=20 easily sellout to Linux. Don't take me the wrong way, I'm not = bashing=20 Linux, but editors like winning brownie points from companies.. and when = companies like ZDnet and mags like DV are saying that FReeBSD is the = fastest,=20 most reliable OS out there - that's a good thing! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I'm fairly new to the Unix-like=20 environment. I've always been a Microsoft user. But as I'm getting = ready=20 to enter the Network Admin field I want to be comfortable with = Unix. I=20 know it won't happen over night, but I need to start sometime. I = thought=20 Unix would eventually just go away, but it seems to be coming out strong = again. Rather than take sides and bash companies for their flaws, = I'm=20 focusing on how to setup and administor a stable network environment = using both=20 Unix and NT. That's the future...not just one OS, but both. = NT is=20 good for SQL server stuff, and FreeBSD is perfect everything=20 else. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>When I went to my local ISP to setup = my server,=20 I practically shit my pants! I was only 1 of 2 machines running NT = Server. The other 17 were ALL running FreeBSD! I think more = people=20 run it than you realize.. It's just one of those things that when = its up=20 and running withuot any problems, you don't feel like you have to run to = all=20 your peers and say "HAHA, my OS is better than your because of this = this=20 and this..". Nope, you just sit back, relax, and think to = yourself -=20 now I have time to go to the gym, workout, go on vacation without = stressing,=20 etc.... That's the real difference!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Mark</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>PS - I went to Borders and picked up the Complete = FreeBSD=20 book, it's awesome!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BD66EC.77257360-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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