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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10023 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12880 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3527 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 25 Jul 1995 00:23:47 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3v1dij$b6d@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3uf3kc$d50@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <3ufi7b$ju6@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> <DC5E93.9nu@caprica.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <DC5E93.9nu@caprica.com>, James Lummel <jlummel@caprica.com> wrote: >What do you think BSD/OS is? They take the FreeBSD code and repackage it >with some "propriatary software" and sell you tech support. A good >gimick if you can get it. They are usually at least one release level >behind, meaning with BSD/OS you always get out-dated software. Save your >money!! If FreeBSD can't do it for free it ain't going to do it for $$$!! Uhh.. While I certainly admire the enthusiasm of our supporter here, I have to correct what looks to be a very unfortunate misperception: BSD/OS is *not* just a repackaging of the FreeBSD code. They have their own code base and developer teams that have very little (if anything) to do with our own efforts. Now it's certainly fair to say that the two code bases are *similar* and that both BSD/OS and FreeBSD emerge from very common roots, but the two efforts are entirely separate and have significant differences in the types of approaches they took to solve certain problems. It is certainly true that BSD/OS costs money and FreeBSD is free. That alone may be enough to cause certain people to chose one over the other! Jordan