Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 09:30:02 +0100 (BST) From: bsd mailing lists <bsd@righi.df.unibo.it> To: Chris Shenton <cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@crism.ne.mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tim O'Reilly on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519092834.6526A-100000@righi.df.unibo.it> In-Reply-To: <xoiaf8fsk1z.fsf@wirehead.it.hq.nasa.gov>
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MYself I know that NetBSD and OpenBSD are really working a lot on security, so they are as much as FreeBSD 2 good operative systems for someone who wants to become a ISP. The NetBSD 1.3.1 is also robust quite a lot, while I do not know a lot about OpenBSD. Rick On 18 May 1998, Chris Shenton wrote: > Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > > > It's a pity there's no date on this message. I heard from Andy Oram > > at O'Reilly and Associates about a month ago, and we're going to do a > > book. We're still thrashing out the details. It'll definitely be > > smaller than "The Complete FreeBSD". > > It would be interesting to see some focus on how FreeBSD is better > than alternatives -- including Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and > Solaris-x86. For many folks who want to try unix, or even adepts that > are just looking for the right match, this information is largely > missing. I would think pointing to the number of ISPs that use FreeBSD > would be a good point of info: speed, stability, networking, robustness... > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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