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Date:      Thu, 25 Jun 1998 10:12:17 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Rich Neswold <neswold@fnal.gov>
To:        SamAlucho@aol.com
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Wondering?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980625094732.5225A-100000@spiv.fnal.gov>
In-Reply-To: <a8df6f7.3591c2ef@aol.com>

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On Wed, 24 Jun 1998 SamAlucho@aol.com wrote:

> I am new to computer jargon and was wondering what the heck free bsd is
> .is it a ISP, or a browser, or a database? 

Hello!

FreeBSD is none of the above. It is a complete operating system based upon
the Berkeley-flavor of Unix (BSD). It is completely *free*. Many companies
use FreeBSD to handle their web presence (see
http://www.freebsd.org/cgallery.html).

It's extremely stable (FreeBSD machines routinely stay running 24hrs a day
for 100's of days at a time!) Our FreeBSD machines only get rebooted during
power outages or kernel upgrades -- both are rare occurances. Otherwise,
they're 7/24. 

If you're interested in FreeBSD, check out the home page at
http://www.freebsd.org and welcome to the FreeBSD community!

  Rich

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