Mohit Singh writes: >> MINIX is created by Prof. Andrew S. Tanenbaum[1].
> Does it need introduction like this to someone who is telling even the > full form of MINIX? >> 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. > Do you want to indicate that their choice of systems is wrong then - > using JUNOS/JNPR and Solaris/SPARCstations? Just by accumulating books you won't become a wizard, otherwise all librarians become Faradays :). You've to study them. The network they provisioned to me was half duplex and on a broadcast domain. I used to run IPv6 radvd in my network, and I announced it on their interface and within minutes everyone is showing their ICMPv6 love to me :). I can tcpdump and I see everyone's traffic on my interface. Looks like they put it into a hub. And then there is Airtel, who has it's own tale ;). So it is not about accumulating devices but knowing that best configuration for the job. >> >> 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. > yes. Kireeti Kompella said exact things to me. its a win win. :) >> And there exists, Vyatta, which is a FOSS router based off GNU/Linux. > vyatta could be based on BSD as well Could be, but they chose Linux. I reported no. of bugs with the IPv6 code. I think the problem with BSDs, is they've less and overloaded-with-work developers and thus less eyeballs... Linux kernel has probably more contributors than BSDs, and more sponsors. Most of the people work with FreeBSD do it in there free time, though there are some lucky ones who get paid to work on FreeBSD :) >>> 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. > Linux is just a kernel so its nice in isolation :) > http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~kc5dm/projects/osperf.pdf The benchmark report is nice but daily use requires stability not benchmarks. A benchmark for you: http://equima.pfpfree.net/2010/benchmarking-haproxy-ubuntu-vs-freebsd/ >> If you've citations, or experiences to justify your ranting, then cool, post >> them, enlighten us, else I'll consider you as a troll. > Neither I rant, nor do i intend to troll. I am a new man on your list > and I'll let you know about my experiences slowly. Right, but you started with blind accusations. > You are an experienced person in both Linux and BSD. A contributor. > The creator of this list. I am also creator of something somewhere, so > I respect all contributions from all sides :) I'm not the architect, nor, I'm the one ;) -- 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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