RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:21:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Vlad Stesin
Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
Solaris, HP, BSD, NT, etc. *wish* they were as stable and popular as Linux.
Which BSD are you talking about? From my personal and professional experience, OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD proved to be just as stable (and OpenBSD even more stable and reliable) than Linux. All three of them are
Take a look at http://www.openbsd.org/crypto.html for more info.
I hope you meant BSD/OS when you mentioned BSD :-)
Well I've used all three version. In particular after I got my current Sun 4/380 from the local CACTUS Unix user group I tried several variaties of BSD on it and none of them have stayed up as long, had as many applications available for them, or been easier to debug than Linux SPARC (and that is behind x86 by a couple of generations - though that should change in the immediate future). I also tried it on my Amiga 2000 when there wasn't a working version of Linux for it. I've got like 5 different disk sets I've tried over the last 3 years, thanks I'll stick with Linux SPARC. I've even got an *old* version of BSD before they went with their current license scheme that I used when I worked at Compu-Add from '91 through '92 in their POS support department because one of our food chain customers liked the way the box arched....:) I have yet to see any BSD installation with a total uptime greater than 8-10 weeks whereas I've seen my *old* 1.1.59 Linux version (still running on einstein.ssz.com at this very moment) stay up for over 6 months between reboots (and even then it wasn't a requirement, the clock keeps wondering off and by 6 months it's nearly 12 hours ahead). I have no desire to get into a OS war, I currently use like 6 different os'es at home - to each their own. But to assuage your curiosity I prefer AmigaDOS and/or Plan 9 with Logo for programming (now if I could only find a decent Logo compiler), though Amoeba is starting to look pretty interesting. I'd use BeOS a lot more if I thought for one second there was a real future for it, even though I do try each release. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
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