Re: List of big names ...

[paul beard]

Marc G. Fournier wrote:

Other then that I know Yahoo! uses FreeBSD ... is there a list that anyone is maintain about who is using it? I've been
having discussions with a partner for awhile now about whether
we should launch a product with a base OS of linux vs freebsd
... and its tiring to try and argue against "but, nobody is
accepting FreeBSD ... everyone (IBM, HP, Sun, etc) is falling
behind Linux" ...

Apple seems to think pretty highly of FreeBSD. And there are the oft-repeated rumors that WinNT/2000/XP all use the BSD TCP stack.

Having used both, I would never choose Linux over FreeBSD.

Do we have *anything* ... case studies or the like, from big names that have decided *for* FreeBSD over Linux, with a sort
of 'why' discusion?

F5 Systems based their load balancers/switches on BSD and a follow-on company started by one of the founders (Ahaza Systems, now defunct) was going to build IPv6-aware switching gear based on FreeBSD.

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She missed an invaluable opportunity to give him a look that you could
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