nice guesses. never let facts get into the way of a good story, right.
* Cem Kayali <cemkay...@eticaret.com.tr> [2009-06-19 12:00]: > Hi, > > Well basically, you need to pay for additional security implementations, > and this sometimes costs decrease in performance --- though i think i > can always pay for that... > > Regards, > Cem > > Kim Attree, 06/19/09 12:16: >> You'll struggle to find a proper apples-to-apples test to prove/disprove >> those >> statements, but commonly held BSD Lore states: >> >> FreeBSD offers the best performance, and it supports the most software. It's >> commonly used for web or file servers and desktops. Also, FreeBSD is more >> actively developed than the others. >> >> OpenBSD focuses on security. It runs on more platforms than FreeBSD, but less >> than NetBSD. Since security is the primary goal, it's excellent for routers >> and secure-by-default servers. Popular desktop applications like Mozilla and >> OpenOffice are supported, but don't expect every other Linux/UNIX program to >> work. >> >> NetBSD runs on just about anything. That's it's primary goal. Since I don't >> have any weird hardware, I've never had a use for NetBSD. >> >> Kim Attree >> IT Manager >> Playsafe South Africa >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Michal >> Sent: 19 June 2009 10:48 AM >> To: misc@openbsd.org; freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org >> Subject: Open Vs Free BSD >> >> Someone once said this too me >> >> >> >> "Comparing FreeBSD and OpenBSD, FreeBSD is generally better at disk-related >> I/O whereas OpenBSD handles net-I/O better. No test has been carried out to >> prove this though." >> >> >> >> Every offence to the person which said this, but they are not the best admin >> ever, though they like to think they are (the worst kind I think) >> >> >> >> Can anyone shed any light, the reason I ask is we where debating about a >> network and he said OpenBSD on the network (routers firewall etc) and >> FreeBSD as the app servers (mail, files etc etc), which I can see makes >> sense.but without having evidence it's pointless making a claim. >> >> >> >> Thanks :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
