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From: dillon@flea.best.net (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?)
Date: 31 Mar 1997 10:17:32 -0800
Organization: BEST Internet Communications, Inc.
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References: <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <E7vLFC.5D4@oriole.sbay.org> <slrn5ju5j9.i2b.dmcook@mozart.cts.com> <E7vyBw.o0q@oriole.sbay.org>
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:In article <E7vyBw.o0q@oriole.sbay.org>,
:George Bonser <grep@oriole.sbay.org> wrote:
:>In article <slrn5ju5j9.i2b.dmcook@mozart.cts.com>,
:> dmcook@cts.com (David M. Cook) writes:
:>>
:>>
:>>>Hmm, what free news, mail, and web SERVERS are available for them?
:>>
:>> INN, sendmail and apache are the usual ones, but others are available.
:>
:>I did not know that these were available for NT.
:>
:>
:>--
:>I am giving .sigs a break this month
:>
:>George Bonser
:>grep@oriole.sbay.org, grep@cris.com
Though, word of warning: I often see one-time ports of UNIX programs
to other platforms. The problem is that they are often not a
continuing project... the port gets out of date after a few months
or a year or two when the porter looses interest. Also, neither
Windows nor Window 95 nor Window NT have a robust enough VM or
multitasking system to be able to handle most medium to large-sized
UNIX programs.
-Matt