On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> Kyle Edbauer wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> >
> > > Richard, truly, Linux is Linux. The ONLY difference is the "goodies"
> > > shipped with each distribution, including an installation utility.
> > > The "down side" of Linux is it's open source code, allowing those
> > > social misfits to break into a Linux system, however, one of the BEST
> > > things about Linux, is the open source, because fixes are VERY
> > > quick!! NT, for example, has more holes than Swiss cheese, but there
> > > are very few beyond MickySoft who know what they are!!! Linux STILL
> > > is the MOST secure AND stable OS available...period, bar none!!
> > >
> > > Fred
> >
> > Wow, someones pretty excited about linux. There are a couple other open
> > source OS's out there. And there are OS's that are even more stable than
> > linux. IBM's AS400 mainframes have an uptime of over 99%. I work with
> > HPUX systems that have been up for years without a reboot. For a secure
> > OS, you might want to check out http://www.openbsd.org. Another
> > opensource OS that focuses on security. Freebsd is another opensource
> > OS that tends to be even more stable and definitely better organized
> > than linux. Linux definitely has merits -- numerous free apps and support
> > for all types of hardware, and I think that SuSE is a wonderful
> > distribution. But there are other options available.
>
> NOT for the Intel platform, there aren't, IMHO. The ONLY exception is
> QNX, however, there are so few apps available for it, it's not a
> consideration.
OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD are all opensource OSs that run on the Intel
platform as well as other platforms. Check out the URL above for more
information along with http://www.freebsd.com. Some commercial UNIXs that
run on the Intel platform include Solaris and BSDI. I'm sure that there
are more options for the Intel platform than the ones I've listed.
Kyle
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