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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 19:01:45 -0700
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To: mischkah@pressconnect.com
Mischka Hughes wrote:
>
> How about robustness - I need a server / OS combination that is totally
> stable. It must never go down. I am prepared to pay the price of a
> little slowness for robustness.
>
> Now what do you recommend, FreeBSD or Linux or even Linux-FT.
None of the above, nor NT or any of the commercial alternatives.
There is no such thing as a server / OS combination that is totally
stable and never goes down - such things are currently too far beyond
our level of technological sophistication to build. All the OS groups,
free and commercial, have written software which is more or less stable
in some ways than the others, and deciding which one is right for you is
a decision which should be driven far more by the assessment of
available personnel than any marketing organization's claims of "total
stability" - anyone who tells you they can offer that probably also has
very reasonably priced lunar vacations to sell ("every room offering
splendid views of the Tyco crater!") if you know to ask about them.
Your own best bet is probably to spend as much money as you can on a
commercial package. It won't be any more reliable, but you'll have at
least paid for the privilege of yelling at someone over the phone about
it.
--
- Jordan Hubbard
President, FreeBSD Project