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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
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: 3 Aug 1995 11:44:12 +0200
Organization: EUnet Deutschland GmbH, Dortmund, Germany
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References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> <3ujlf1$sn0@felix.junction.net> <3v33fo$3q9@mars.worldlinx.com> <3vm255$ev7@due.unit.no>
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In article <3vm255$ev7@due.unit.no>, agulbra@nvg.unit.no (Arnt Gulbrandsen) writes:
|> The original poster asked about a box for an ISP, in other words, a
|> mission-critical box.  I do not think a few hours or days of
|> installation time is a factor at all, then.  Personally, I'd put
|> reliability in first place, performance in second, price in tenth
|> place, and ease of installation maybe on the fifth sheet.

IMNSVHO anybody who starts asking a question like this in the first place
should go home and re-consider the choice of becoming an ISP.

Bernard