“BSD is the established favorite of Internet service providers, which are attracted to BSD for its familiarity (many ISP techies cut their teeth on BSD-based SunOS) and its low cost. And BSD is well-entrenched as a general server OS, as well as serving a niche role as a provider of network security services such as packet filtering and authentication.” InfoWorld analyzes *BSD and even compares it (briefly) with Linux.
BSD’s Strength Lies in Devilish Details
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The article implies that FreeBSD was dealt a severe bodyblow when Wind River withdrew its support. If you go to the FreeBSD site, however, the incident is not immediately in evidence. The stated release schedule is version 4.4 this coming January and version 5.0 late 2002. Is either of these a big delay compared to original plans?
It was a bit of a setback, but remember FreeBSD is an open-source project…
I can’t think of any reason why 4.4 should be delayed. 5.0 was recently
put back by a year (to late 2002) for a variety of reasons, one of which
is the large number of changes that are being made (SMP, KSE, ACLs off the
top of my head).
–Jon
The stated release schedule is version 4.4 this coming January
Where did you see that one ? There is at least one month I’m running 4.4-RELEASE!
I meant 4.5 is scheduled for release in January. 4.4 is already out, as manik pointed out.