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DaemonNews Goes Print
howardjp writes "DaemonNews will start printing a bi-monthly print magazine starting on January 15th. The magazine will contain new original articles not found on the website. You can preorder a subscription for only 24.95 USD (38.95 USD outside the US) from the DaemonNews Mall."
Magazines are quite fashionable to leave around the office. They are not entertaining just for the subscriber, but also can lead to greater opportunities. A glossy magazine with flippable pages makes for a great physical medium to spread advocacy in the office. Its great leaving something in the office my boss and cow-orkers can read, kick their feet up, and ask questions about.
Could this be a sign that BSD is getting bigger in the marketplace? They've never been that big. Maybe that the merger with BSDI is finally paying off, marketingwise.
I've been using FreeBSD for about three years now. Reasons are that I find FreeBSD more 'pure' than the usual Linux distributions. Config files placement changes only sporadically, while I have the feeling that every Linux distribution puts it's config files in another place (and has the locations change rather often).
I do like the cleanlyness of the system. You have to install/enable things if you really want them. RedHat is more like a Christmas tree with all the lights on (even those you don't use or impose a security problem).
Furthermore, a lot of people are using it at my job, an ISP. We use FreeBSD on several critical servers (a.o. for news, dns). I couldn't image Linux running on those servers because of the lesser reliability and security. On the other hand my opinion is coloured because I've gotten used to FreeBSD so much.
I do like the better hardware compatibility of Linux though. FreeBSD doesn't support that much hardware. It seems like the price to pay for a first class quality operating system.
Rogier