a "strange" question about OSs

[Jerry McAllister]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 03:17:44PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote:

> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Redd Vinylene" <reddvinylene at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 11:55 AM
> To: "questions" <questions at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: a "strange" question about OSs
> 
> >On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Valentin Bud 
> ><valentin.bud at 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.

////jerry


> >>
> >>
> >I doubt you'll find anything suitable after getting accustomed to 
> >FreeBSD.
> >
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