-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please take this to advocacy. This banter doesn't belong on the questions list.
# Adam >> (12.01.2002 @ 1025 PST): paul beard said, in 1.3K: << > 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. > > -- > Paul Beard / 8040 27th Ave NE / Seattle WA 98115 / > paulbeard [at] mac [ dot] com / 206 529 8400 > > weblog @ <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/movabletype/> > > She missed an invaluable opportunity to give him a look that you could > have poured on a waffle ... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> end of "Re: List of big names ..." from paul beard << - -- Adam Weinberger vectors.cx >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD.org << [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bayer Berkeley >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] #vim:set ts=8: 8-char tabs prevent tooth decay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE96lkVo8KM2ULHQ/0RAoSkAJ9VHv0u6N6ahmDwaDmGjGCSdG1/BQCePjaE 4DtZY1Pkdemk1n/mLi68d2k= =sAJh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
