Mohit Singh writes: >> I don't want to sound rude but this mailing list is not for flames. >> Love BSDs but don't hate linux :) As far as the argument goes comparing >> operating systems is a complex topic so no point in arguing over that. >> There is no one size fits all.
> True to its extent. The truth is that it is LINUS's MINI UNIX (MINIX) > which is understood as Linux. As an open system, I have found no > advantages of Linux Kernel based systems over BSD. MINIX is created by Prof. Andrew S. Tanenbaum[1]. > I was in Reliance Infocomm, so I can say that an ISP runs almost all > of its critical components on Solaris and FreeBSD based systems like > JUNOS. I hope you know about the reputation of Reliance :). I was there customer for 3 hours, and won't ever dream of going back to them. And as far as JUNOS is concerned, its JNPR's creation, IMHO they've chosen FreeBSD because it already has a good network stack and a base system, and available under BSD license which means they can extend it and don't ever have to publish their "so called intellectual property" unless they modify some part of base OS which is PITA to merge, in that case let community maintain it, and one less thing to merge. And there exists, Vyatta, which is a FOSS router based off GNU/Linux. > For a networker, BSD is THE thing and Linux just tries to learn and mimic. FYI, there are several things Linux kernel does better, esp. its network stack, and there are some things FreeBSD does better. If you've weird fantasies about your network setup (including multi-path routing), in that case GNU/Linux is the one of the best way to realize that. > If you guys are planning to java >> development and stuff, I would say BSDs are a bad choice. > kindly elicit on this. Because no JVM vendor officially supports Java on BSDs, even though there is an agreement between FreeBSD Foundation and Sun Microsystems[2] regarding Java but it's not clear about the support. But most of things work just fine. >> But it is nice to hear that you guys are using PC-BSD. Post on this mailing >> list if you have any questions. >> > Thanks. We are probably first in north indian engineering colleges to > embrace FreeBSD. We are not blowing this. The real challenge is in > FULL migration and that will only evolve with time and space. All the best with this. If you've citations, or experiences to justify your ranting, then cool, post them, enlighten us, else I'll consider you as a troll. References: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minix [2] http://freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml HTH -- Ashish SHUKLA | GPG: F682 CDCC 39DC 0FEA E116 20B6 C746 CFA9 E74F A4B0 freebsd.org!ashish | http://people.freebsd.org/~ashish/ Avoid Success At All Costs !!
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