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HotJobs Upgrades to FreeBSD

Posted by timothy on from the sysadmin-sought-send-resume dept.

bsdmike writes "DaemonNews has a link to an news article that reports that Yahoo! has saved something like $470,000 by switching HotJobs from Sun Solaris to FreeBSD. It's really amazing what affordable hardware and great Open Source technology can do!"

3 of 49 comments (clear)

  1. Re:appropriate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the hell is "dieing" ? Are they in the business of coloring clothes?

  2. Re:appropriate by farnsworth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dieing

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    There aint no pancake so thin it doesn't have two sides.

  3. Re:appropriate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, this is the only way that spelling was listed. I hate spelling nazis.

    tr.v. died, dieing, dies
    To cut, form, or stamp with or as if with a die.

    Tough luck.