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Why They Use BSD: NetcraftBy George RosamondRecently, Daemon News asked Mike Prettejohn from well-known web server survey firm Netcraft.com about why they use BSD. Here's what Mike wrote:Initially [early 1995], we opted for FreeBSD because it was similar to SunOS, which we knew and liked. We felt safer with FreeBSD because we were quite conscious of the security implications of the Internet. We wanted to run an operating system for which source was available in the expectation that fixes for security vulnerabilities or other serious bugs would become available more quickly, and if needed we would have the opportunity to write it ourselves. FreeBSD wasn't a big investment in money or time, and so we thought if we wanted to replace it when something better came along it wouldn't have cost us much. So far [nine years & counting ...] we've not felt the urge to replace it :) Mike If you would like to explain to Daemon News EZine readers why your firm or organization uses BSD, send your comments to george at daemonnews dot org. |