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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!pendragon.jsc.nasa.gov!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!lestat.nas.nasa.gov!thorpej From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 1 Sep 1995 00:35:42 GMT Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 26 Message-ID: <425kgu$7v0@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:971 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19802 In article <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net>, Kevin Sawyer <sawyerk@apci.net> wrote: >Greetings. >As a rapidly growing internetworking services provider and turn-key ISP >systems integrator, I often wonder if I could be using something even >more robust. With the great price/performance ratio provided by the >Pentium, I am inclined to stick with Intel rather than investing in Sun >or Digital. Since the 'net provides such rich support resources for >Linux and BSD, I can't imagine spending thousands on SCO or others. You mention turn-key systems. It seems to me that, due to the nature of the Linux licencing terms (which are predominantly GPL, unless I'm mistaken) make producing binary-only turn-key systems more of a pain than they need to be. For me, that is the primary appeal of the BSD-style licencing scheme. >So, I'm wondering if some of you would be interesting in debating whether >I should stick to Linux or try BSD. Whee. We've only seen this debate a zillion times... -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939