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Date:      Tue, 18 May 1999 01:24:39 -0500
From:      Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSDI giving out old info?
Message-ID:  <19990518012439.A15570@holly.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <3740FD9C.8CDD830C@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Mon, May 17, 1999 at 11:41:48PM -0600
References:  <19990517205015.C15030@holly.dyndns.org> <3740FD9C.8CDD830C@softweyr.com>

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On Tue, May 18, 1999, Wes Peters wrote:
> OK, help me fix this.  I'm counting anything available in packages as
> "Std."  We could probably count ports too, given the amount of tinkering
> NOT required to get them to work, but let's stick with packages for now.
> How's this look vis-a-vis 3.2-RELEASE:

   See below...

>                                                                         FreeBSD
> World Wide Web Support
>  HTTP server                                                            Std
>  HTTP proxy                                                             Std
>  HTTP accelerator                                                       ???

   What is an HTTP accelerator, anyway?

>  SSL2                                                                   ???
>  SSL3                                                                   ???

   These are availible under ports, and I don't think ports are
'build it yourself', since, technically, ports builds it all for
you.

>  Java                                                                   Std
>  ActiveX                                                               MSP  (bleh!)
>  XML                                                                    ???

   The SGML tools availible seem to be able to deal with this.

>  Local Database                                  mSQL, MySQL, Postgres  Yes
>  Remote Database                                 mSQL, MySQL, Postgres  Yes
>  FrontPage server extensions              (Use the BSDI version - doh!) 3rd
> 
> E-Mail Support
>  SMTP server                                                            Std
>  POP3 server                                                            Std
>  IMAP server                                                            Std
> 
> Usenet News Support
>  NNTP server                                                            Std
> 
> FTP Support
>  FTP server                                                             Std
> 
> VPN Support
>  IPsec                                                                  ???
>  ISAKMP                                                                 ???
>  PPTP                                                                   ???
> 
> Development Tools
>  HTML editor                                                            Std
>  Perl                                                                   Std
>  Python                                                                 Std
>  C and C++ Compilers & Tools                                            Std
>  Fortran Compiler & Tools                                               Std
>  Java Compiler & Tools                                                  Std
>  Source Code Available                                                  Yes
> 
> Network Services
>  DNS                                                                    Std
>  NTP                                                                    Std
> 
> Dialup Support
>  PPP                                                                    Std
>  Multi-Link PPP                                                         Std
>  SLIP                                                                   Std
>  RADIUS Authentication                                                  Std
>  RAS                                                                   MSP ???
> 
> Security
>  Kerberos                                                               Std
>  IP Packet Filters                                                      Std
> 
> Management
>  SMNP Tools         (Too bad they can't spell SNMP, huh?)               BIY  Huh?

   I consider ports not to be BIY...

>  Remote Administration                                                  Std
>  Pager Interface                                                        Std
> 
> Reliability
>  Uptimes > 1 year                                                       Std  
>  Y2K Compliant                                                          Yes
> 
> Advanced Features
>  IPv6                                  It was developed on FreeBSD!     Yes

   I wonder why they put N/A, then.

> Technical Support
>  Initial free phone support                                              0
>  Phone support with 4 hour response                                    Opt
>  E-Mail Support                                                       Free
>  Update Support                                                       Free
>  Patch Server                                                          Yes
> 
> Pricing
>  Base Product                                                         FREE!
>  16 User                                                              FREE!
>  60 day return privilege                              NOT NEEDED, ITS FREE!

   Overall, I'd say your new data is, other than what I mentioned
about ports, ready to be given to BSDI.

> -- 
>        "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters                                                 Softweyr LLC
> http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr                      wes@softweyr.com

-- 
Chris Costello                                <chris@calldei.com>
You depend too much on computers for information.


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