On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Jerry McAllister <jerr...@msu.edu> wrote:
> - Show quoted text - > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 03:17:44PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Redd Vinylene" <reddvinyl...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:55 AM > > To: "questions" <questi...@freebsd.org> > > Subject: Re: a "strange" question about OSs > > > > >On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Valentin Bud > > ><valentin....@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >>Hello Community, > > >> > > >> The following question may sound very ackward but was OS is > > >>suitable from > > >>the following list > > >>to replace FBSD: > > >> > > >> - OpenSUSE 10.3 > > >> - Debian 4.0 > > >> - CentOS 5 > > >> > > >>The company i work for wants to change the provider because of the > > >>economical crisis to > > >>save some money. The actual provider gave us the chance to install > > >>our OS > > >>but the one > > >>they chose as a replacement doesn't give any other choice besides > > >>the above > > >>mentioned. > > >> > > >>I work for 2 years in IT and FBSD is the only OS i have ever used > > >>in > > >>production. I like it and > > >>learned it a little bit. It is going to be a steep learning curve > > >>with the > > >>new OS which I'm not afraid > > >>of but i would like to chose a suitable OS and one that has some > > >>similarities with FBSD. > > >> > > >>thank you, > > >>v > > This confuses me a little. > Wouldn't FreeBSD be the more economical route? > > I can't imagine saving money moving from FreeBSD to > one of those listed. FreeBSD is free and seems to > take less administration hours than those others. > Certainly you do not gain anything in quality or > reliability. > > Oh, I see in re-reading that it is not your company, but > your potential new service provider that wants to force > you to switch OS. Well, there is more than one way to > gain economy. Switching to something inferior - of poorer > service level is not a gain in economy. > > So, maybe you should try suggesting FreeBSD to that provider. > All they need to do is insert the install CD in to the machine > anyway. You can do the rest. That's what i thought. I will try to speak with them about this option. thank you, v > > > ////jerry > - Show quoted text - > > > > >> > > >> > > >I doubt you'll find anything suitable after getting accustomed to > > >FreeBSD. > > > > > >-- > > >http://www.home.no/reddvinylene > > >_______________________________________________ > > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
