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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!vtc.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!wang!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.epix.net!byron From: byron@news.epix.net () Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Netscape Commerce Server on FreeBSD vs BSDI? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Date: 1 Dec 1995 13:48:55 GMT Organization: epix.net Lines: 15 Message-ID: <49n147$dfb@guava.epix.net> References: <49g2hp$i6q@tampa2.is.ge.com> <49ha19$22f@times.tfs.com> <30BDF30A.75CC@netscape.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plum.epix.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9962 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1637 Ermine (Matt Ouimette) (ermine@netscape.com) wrote: : To the best of my knowledge, Netscape doesn't make a version of the : server for FreeBSD (or Linux, which I run at home) because practically : everyone has a different version or configuration of the kernel, : and it would be nearly impossible to support. : Matt Ouimette, Tech Support # "It may be great to soar with : Netscape Communications Corporation # The eagles, but you never : http://home.netscape.com/ # see a weasel getting sucked : 415-528-2841 Ermine! # into a jet engine, now do you?" This point makes sense with respect to Linux, but does not ring true for FreeBSD. FreeBSD is as well standardized as commercial OS's -- in some cases, moreso. Look at Solaris ...