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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10701 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:13225 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3939 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!convex!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!erinews.ericsson.se!eua.ericsson.se!news.seinf.abb.se!nooft.abb.no!Norway.EU.net!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!due.unit.no!agulbra From: agulbra@nvg.unit.no (Arnt Gulbrandsen) 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: 1 Aug 1995 20:17:41 GMT Organization: Nettverksgruppa Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3vm255$ev7@due.unit.no> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3ujlf1$sn0@felix.junction.net> <3v33fo$3q9@mars.worldlinx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sabre-wulf.nvg.unit.no In article <3v33fo$3q9@mars.worldlinx.com>, Michael Bertrand <bert@planete.com> wrote: >In article <3ujlf1$sn0@felix.junction.net>, > michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) wrote: > >|We use Linux, but there is nothing wrong with choosing FreeBSD. One thing >|that the BSD systems are good at is NFS. This is a weak point of Linux so >|we don't use it. Pick whichever UNIX you want (or try both) and roll up >|your sleeves. It is a lot of work setting up and running an ISP. > >This is where NT takes off! A guy who knows what he is doing can get a system >up and running in a couple of hours (from install to end) a guy who doesn't >know will take a day. How very cool. And how very irrelevant. The original poster asked about a box for an ISP, in other words, a mission-critical box. I do not think a few hours or days of installation time is a factor at all, then. Personally, I'd put reliability in first place, performance in second, price in tenth place, and ease of installation maybe on the fifth sheet. --Arnt