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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:50:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd vs solaris
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603004859.22038M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980603001142.17395A-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr>

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On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Evren Yurtesen wrote:

> does anyone may compare freebsd to solaris?

FreeBSD is free. Solaris x86 is not.  FreeBSD is based on 4.4BSD, Solaris
is based on SVR4.

> which one is serving better, which one is supported more?

FreeBSD does a darn good job for the money.  Solaris you can get
commerical support on; FreeBSD has this mailing list.

> which one is more common on internet? which one is more stable?

Dunno on #1, #2 I would say FreeBSD, although I have no experience with
Solaris x86 so I can't say.

> which one is easier to set up? which one supports more hardware?

Probably equal here.

> which one uses hardware more effectively? 

Again probably equal.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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