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On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Gregory W. MacPherson wrote:
> Perhaps if the *BSD community would mirror some of these behaviors then
> *BSD (which technically is superior to an LINUX) would receive this type
> of press. Perhaps...but not likely.
Let's discuss this here... My comments below. I remove the original
content since I don't have permission to redistribute it.
I will add some comments...
> 1. Users Love It
FreeBSD doesn't offer a "fresh but familiar GUI environment" like Ubuntu
in its default install. Different ouside projects compete to do this with
different goals.
I tried it, i didnt love it... Actually, it only ran in 1 PC at my
office, all others said "segmentation fault, kernel panic" because Via
micros are not supported (We got those in the desktops to save money...).
> 2. The Platform Has Excellent Support
No single company backs FreeBSD and there is no official source of
commercial FreeBSD support contracts. (By the way, I have been providing
professional FreeBSD contracts and support for over seven years.)
There is no companies to Back FreeBSD, but there is a lot of people
backing *BSD projects and giving *BSD paid support.
Plus, you got some big communities of mailling lists and stuff to ask.
> 3. Cost Savings
Of course FreeBSD is free. As for SLA, see #2 above.
As I see it, FreeBSD is even more free than Ubuntu since the BSD
license, I code all my projects under that kind of license, no
restrictions on the coding merge, GNU is too imperialist, "one day
everything will be GNU, becouse we got a damn recursive license"
> 4. A Superlative Security Record
What studies? How can FreeBSD be evaluated by same studies? (Or has it?)
FreeBSD can say same (s/Linux/BSD Unix/).
I wasnt going to reply this mail until i had read this one, oh man, i
couldnt contain my laugh!!!!
Linux based distribution rated number one on security? did u try do the
test with OpenBSD, DragonFly or even Darwin? come on...
Who was in that test? windows, linux and BeOS(not mantained since 5
years ago)?
> 5. Frictionless Deployment
Depends on your needs. FreeBSD installs very fast and easy for many needs.
For other needs, it is very slow and tedious (depending on
knowledge/experience). See #1.
Also this makes no sense to me. Different environments for testing,
development and production to me usually has nothing to do with license
fees.
Only thing becouse it is cheapa is becouse they dont code it, it is a
big bag with a lot of softwares from other projects, a big config setup
and a bootable CD, you can run PCBSD and you will have something like
that too.
> 6. A Huge Selection of Applications and Tools
FreeBSD also has huge collection of packages. In Ubuntu (Debian) many
software suites are divided up into multiple packages (clients, servers,
development headers, shared libraries, documentation, etc.).
FreeBSD's default install is very light so is a good starting point for
many.
What operating system doesnt have it? Minix?
> 7. Thin Client Joy
FreeBSD can be a thin client and can be a thin client server.
Cool you got an X-server... who doesnt?
> 8. Unleash Your IT Talent
FreeBSD is open source and free and has community participation and
collaboration. The source code and documentation changes can easily be
evaluated.
> 9. Access A Whole New Skills Pool
?
Oh I see... They talking about linux coming to free the world...
Just propaganda.
> 10. Predictable Releases
Many like a consistent schedule for new releases. FreeBSD also has
policies on how long to maintain previous releases. Note that FreeBSD base
and ports have different update policies. Depending on how FreeBSD
updates are done, it can be easy.
100% agree.
Jeremy C. Reed
Damian
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