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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!solaris.cc.vt.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!msunews!netnews.upenn.edu!news.voicenet.com!news From: 5150 (5150) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Free BSD and BSDI Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 08:10:35 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4emte3$7er@news.voicenet.com> References: <4ebuhm$rf0@platinum.hkabc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly332.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Simon Chan <simon@hkabc.net> wrote: > What is the difference between Free BSD and BSDI ? FreeBSD: kicks major booty. rock-solid TCP/IP implementation. only server good enough for Walnut Creek's 600-simultaneous-user P6 mega-server. costs you NOTHING for a single user workstation. costs you NOTHING for a small office LAN. costs you NOTHING for a 1200 user super server. costs you NOTHING for a 10,000 machine worldwide network. BSDI: kicks a little booty. rock-solid TCP/IP implementation. lots of ISPs who are new to unix (and need lots of hand-holding) swear by BSDI. Good vendor support. some admin tasks (like adding SCSI devices) are front-ended for the squemish. costs you $595 for a single user workstation. costs you around $1000 for a !!TEN!! user server. costs you a small fortune for a 1200 user superserver. costs you more than Brazil's GNP for a 10000 node world wide network of BSDI boxes. *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* The bottom line between BSDI and FreeBSD: if someone !!GIVES!! you a 275-piece Craftsman tool set, do you pass it up because you want to pay big money for the Snap-Ons???? *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*