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From: manager@mbvlab.wpafb.af.mil (Manager Account)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD???
Date: 19 Sep 1995 18:46:15 GMT
Organization: Wright Laboratory - Avionics Directorate WPAFB, OH USA
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This is a question of which of these are better for my needs, I'm not looking
for a OS war, but just the best one for me.  Here is what I am needing...

I've just opened up some office space and have a dedicated internet connection
that will be running a ftp server, voicemail (using a rockwell chipset), www
server, a BBS, and receiving faxes.  I need to know whether Linux, FreeBSD,
NetBSD, or OS/2 would be the best OS for these tasks.  So far OS/2 is leaning
towards the office standard for the reason I know where the FAX and voicemail
software is.  If advocates of each of the other UNIX like OS's could give me
a list of applications that could serve the purpose that OS/2 can do for a
office environment, I'm willing to switch.  I'm not saying OS/2 is better,
just that I am familiar with it, and have a current setup using CONNECT that
does the affore mentioned.  TIA.



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