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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9561 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12646 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3286 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!ns1.unicomp.net!news.unicomp.net!usenet From: Rick McIntosh <rickm@rbsc.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 18 Jul 1995 14:03:05 GMT Organization: Realistic Business Services Corp. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3ugeup$44k@news.unicomp.net> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <id.VAPL1.0SA@nmti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.181.196.14 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) To: peter@nmti.com peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: >In article <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com>, Hyung-song Nam <namh@panix.com> wrote: >> I'm about to setup some P5-100 machines to provide >> internet services. I need to choose an OS, and I have >> come to three choices: Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows NT. > >If you want to let people have "shell" type accounts, NT won't work, >period. You'd have to install some sort of BBS software. > >It's certainly possible to provide PPP using a PC. My ISP does it >using BSDI. >idag?" I'm using Linux. I do not provide slip/ppp accounts for a fee. But I am running 2 ppp dialup lines with Linux just fine. As far a BSD , never see it. As far as Windows NT (NT = Network Trash) should protray my feeling about Windows NT. My option Linux is the choice!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rick McIntosh InterNet Services / WWW Business Pages | |mailto:rick@rbsc.com FoxPro 2.6 Accounting Software | |http://www.rbsc.com for Small Business | |Demo Software From Our ftp Server ftp://ftp.rbsc.com/rademo/ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------