[nycbug-talk] the case for a BSD Certification

[G. Rosamond]

On Dec 18, 2004, at 9:04 AM, Dru wrote:

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>> Majority of network appliances?  Woah.  I can name a lot (Borderware 
>> fw, CheckPoint Nokia, some Snap servers), but majority?  That would 
>> be significant.
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> Just as a point of interest, Checkpoint Nokia is transitioning their 
> appliances from an ancient version of FreeBSD to RedHat. Guess what 
> two of the reasons cited for the switch were? RedHat provides both 
> support and an educational certification.

My first point was I don't think they are the majority of appliances 
are a BSD.

Checkpoint moving to RedHat.  It actually makes sense.  Support and 
development are strong.  Despite the ire they receive from sections of 
the open source movement.


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>> I'll setup a list later, but I think it would be a good idea to get 
>> the wiki up somewhere first. .. with passwd protection for editing 
>> rights.
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> Does anyone have any experience with twiki (twiki.org)? From the 
> description it sounds pretty good...
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It's the way. . . we need a box for it at this point. . .

g