From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 13 21:33:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA29824 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:33:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from saratoga.compassnet.com (nguyept@saratoga.compassnet.com [198.66.160.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA29819 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 21:33:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nguyept@localhost) by saratoga.compassnet.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA02796; Fri, 13 Sep 1996 23:29:12 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 23:29:11 -0500 (CDT) From: Peter Nguyen To: Charles Peters -- Charles Peters cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Operating System Decision In-Reply-To: <19960914013435204.AAA153@cola52.scsn.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please read the Lai&Baker's paper from 1996 Usenix's Spring Conference Proceedings. ptr On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, Charles Peters -- Charles Peters wrote: > I am about to set up a server to place on the internet. I will be > offering web hosting, ftp drop box hosting, and e-mail services. I > am trying to determine if I should use FreeBSD or Linux. > > I will be maintaining the server from a remote location, and it is > imoportant that the server be rock solid in terms of it's ability to > remain up and running. > > I have about 15 years of programming and maintenance experience in > the pc area (novell, etc.). > > Any advise on this matter would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Charles Peters > > cpeters@scsn.net > Charles A. Peters > > Have A Nice Day! ;) > >