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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9895 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12802 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3463 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!wa4mei!news.randomc.com!macshack.com!netcom.com!mgove From: mgove@netcom.com (Matthew E. Gove) Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Message-ID: <mgoveDC5Cvw.9zq@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3uk3b5$35a@legend.txdirect.net> <DC3sEM.1Jr@saturn.tlug.org> <tgmDC46x0.A4M@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 02:14:20 GMT Lines: 27 Sender: mgove@netcom11.netcom.com In article <tgmDC46x0.A4M@netcom.com>, Thomas G. McWilliams <tgm@netcom.com> wrote: [stuff snipped] >Without a doubt, the crash of '95 was ftp.cdrom.com and FreeBSD. What >was the cost to the Internet community? What would be the cost to your >business to lose connectivity for a week? How "Free" is FreeBSD when >you factor in over a week of downtime? Face it, if you need 24 hour per >day, 365 day per year reliability, FreeBSD will *NOT* cut it. I've got to add my $0.02 to this one.. I've been running FreeBSD since 1.0. The _only_ time its EVER crashed on me was when my old 386-40 board went belly-up. My current box (An EISA 486DX-50 40mb, bt747C,etc) Has _never_ had a single crash on FreeBSD 2.0 and now 2.0.5 (Except for the ocasional power failure that outlasts the UPS, but thats not FreeBSD's fault..) I've had uptimes of >60 days. (Yeah, it dosn't handle the load that ftp.cdrom.com does, but I can do a number on it.) -- Matt, _very_ happy FreeBSD user. -- Matthew E. Gove mgove@netcom.com I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!!