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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!illuminati.io.com!mprevost From: mprevost@io.com (Mike R. Prevost) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: [NEWBIE] BSDI vs FreeBSD? Date: 15 Jan 1995 22:17:52 GMT Organization: Illuminati Online Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3fc6ug$rtd@illuminati.io.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pentagon.io.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi. I read the secions of the FAQ that talk about the difference between *BSD, but they didnt say what the deal was with BSDI. I assume (for some reason) that BSDI's product is a supported version of *BSD. My question really is, "Is there an advantage (besides support) to buying 386BSD from BSDI instead of, say FreeBSD." I need "reliability" (for what it's worth) and the ability to support LOTS of users on one machine. (Like 50-60 on a Pentium maxed out with RAM). Pardon my newbie questions -- all I've known is Linux. Reply by mail uses less bandwidth. :) --- mIke