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From: srb@cuci.nl (Stephen R. van den Berg)
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: 20 Jul 1995 17:27:30 +0200
Organization: Cubic Circle
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Message-ID: <3ulsl2$cd4@zeus.cuci.nl>
References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3uf3kc$d50@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3ufn1r$74m@locus.halcyon.com> <3ukaug$7ao@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.cuci.nl
<ywliu@beta.wsl.sinica.edu.tw> wrote:
>I used to suspect the hardware problem, but never got any conclusion. Now
>my company (an ISP) exploits a Linux 1.2.5 with a Boca 16port card, the
>PPPD (or kernel ? though message shows it's PPPD's fault) crashes all
>the time.
>My conclusion ? We get what we pay. If everything goes right, it's alright.
>When it goes wrong, I have no way to get my support and only try to
>wade through the hope of new patch/new version of PPPD and kernel.
Not quite. You get more than you pay for, you get the sources.
I.e. you don't need any support, since you have all the tools to fix it
yourself.
--
Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.