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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!newshost.bowker-saur.co.uk!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!swrinde!howland.erols.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news-m01.ny.us.ib m.net!news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net!usenet From: drhumph@ibm.net Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: BSDI VS. FREEBSD Date: 13 Sep 1996 18:16:47 GMT Lines: 36 Message-ID: <51c8ef$368i@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Reply-To: drhumph@ibm.net NNTP-Posting-Host: slip166-72-77-143.ga.us.ibm.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 I have recently installed FREEBSD but am thinking about purchasing BSDI UN*X. Interest in BSDI was largely spawned by the positive review in Boardwatch where BSDI 2.1 (?) and apache server were reviewed a couple of issues ago. It seems that BSDI product is recommended by the product itself along with the excellent followup/service of BSDI tech reps. Before I decide to buy though, I'm wondering if I could just as easily run WWW server, offer ISP PPP dialin accounts and resell bandwidth on dedicated 28.8 and up+ lines using FREEBSD as opposed to BSDI. Can someone please comment on the major/key significant performance and stability issues: what does BSDI offer versus FreeBSD/Linux that would be critical to a ISP startup venture. Background of System Administrator is: mainframe IBM/cobol/msdos programming and analytical work...years ago. Am very rusty with getting into nuts and bolts and new to UNIX...but am involved in learning basics, and administration how-tos, TCP/IP Administration, etc. Not to be crass, but are the differences in the product significant enough to justify the $995 16 user license price versus the practically zero price of the FreeBSD product? Thanks in advance for advice and input from those who have chosen BSDI over other products. Sincerely, Don H.