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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:10314 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:13051 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3729 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!tgm From: tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams) Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Message-ID: <tgmDC46x0.A4M@netcom.com> Organization: Jot-Em Down Store and Library X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <id.VAPL1.0SA@nmti.com> <3ugeup$44k@news.unicomp.net> <3uk3b5$35a@legend.txdirect.net> <DC3sEM.1Jr@saturn.tlug.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 11:07:48 GMT Lines: 17 Sender: tgm@netcom6.netcom.com Mike Frisch (mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org) wrote: : Let's not forget ftp.cdrom.com which is a very busy (probably one : of the busies on the 'net) ftp/www server running FreeBSD on a very large : Pentium system. FreeBSD ftp.cdrom.com crashed earlier this year and was down for over a week. The fallout was catastrophic. Anyone who would be so foolish as to use FreeBSD as a mission critical server should ask the OS/2 community which was schwacked hard by the loss of a major FTP site. Without a doubt, the crash of '95 was ftp.cdrom.com and FreeBSD. What was the cost to the Internet community? What would be the cost to your business to lose connectivity for a week? How "Free" is FreeBSD when you factor in over a week of downtime? Face it, if you need 24 hour per day, 365 day per year reliability, FreeBSD will *NOT* cut it. tgm@netcom.com