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From: pbrewer@tis.com (Peter Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI vs FreeBSD
Date: 6 Feb 1996 17:41:04 GMT
Organization: Lerici Systems & Software, Ltd.
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In article <AFj4X5nCg4@qsar.chem.msu.su>,
Eugene Radchenko <eugene@qsar.chem.msu.su> wrote:
>Hi people!
>I wonder what is the relation between the BSDI and FreeBSD Unix versions?
>Is the BSDI a commercial version of FreeBSD (like Caldera/Linux), another

Both are based on BSD4.4Lite. The kernels more than likely have a great
many differences...


>Which is better (features, stability)?
>Any hints will be appreciated.

You could ask a local large ISP provider Erol's that question.
They opted for the public domain version as a 'terminal server'
for 28.8 dial-in. Apparently, the overload was too much. They
opted for BSDI's product instead. So, I guess the question is
how much of a load do you plan on placing on it? If you already
have a license why would you choose an unsupported product?
If it is a research machine then perhaps that would be different.
Perhaps access to kernel sources would be required. If it is
a classroom machine with student accounts I think you should
know the answer to that one without asking.

>Eugene V. Radchenko           Research associate, Computer Chemistry

-- peter