products are secure, but they offer no guarantee, and their

      products are secure, but they offer no guarantee, and their

      software is not available for inspection or peer review.  Since

      software is not available for inspection or peer review.  Since

      Windows is <em>closed source</em> there is no way for users to

      Windows is <em>closed source</em> there is no way for users to

      published about Microsoft systems.</p>

      published about Microsoft systems.</p>

    <p>Microsoft Windows has been affected by a very large number of

    <p>Microsoft Windows has been affected by a very large number of

    <td><img src="../gifs/smiley.png" alt="[Great]">Microsoft has excellent

    <td><img src="../gifs/smiley.png" alt="[Great]">Microsoft has excellent

      relationships with hardware vendors.  There are often conflicts

      relationships with hardware vendors.  There are often conflicts

      when using device drivers on different versions of Microsoft

      when using device drivers on different versions of Microsoft

      third party device drivers.</td>

      third party device drivers.</td>

  </tr>

  </tr>

  <tr>

  <tr>

    <td><img src="../gifs/frowny.png" alt="[Bad]">The amount of free Windows

    <td><img src="../gifs/frowny.png" alt="[Bad]">The amount of free Windows

      software is much less than what is available for Unix.  Many

      software is much less than what is available for Unix.  Many

      source code, so the programs cannot be customized, debugged,

      source code, so the programs cannot be customized, debugged,

      improved, or extended by the user.</td>

      improved, or extended by the user.</td>

    <td><img src="../gifs/smiley.png" alt="[Great]">FreeBSD is an advanced BSD Unix

    <td><img src="../gifs/smiley.png" alt="[Great]">FreeBSD is an advanced BSD Unix

      operating system.  The source code for the entire system is

      operating system.  The source code for the entire system is

      available in a centralized source code repository running under

      available in a centralized source code repository running under

      to this repository and they coordinate development by reviewing

      to this repository and they coordinate development by reviewing

      and committing the best changes of the development community at

      and committing the best changes of the development community at

      large.  FreeBSD is engineered to find elegant solutions for

      large.  FreeBSD is engineered to find elegant solutions for

      a problem yourself.</td>

      a problem yourself.</td>

    <td><img src="../gifs/plain.png" alt="[OK]">Although support is available for

    <td><img src="../gifs/plain.png" alt="[OK]">Although support is available for

      hold, with no guarantee that your problem will be resolved.

      hold, with no guarantee that your problem will be resolved.

      Because of the <em>closed source</em> nature of Windows, there

      Because of the <em>closed source</em> nature of Windows, there

      is no informal, free support available, and bugs can only be

      is no informal, free support available, and bugs can only be

      not updated frequently, you may wait years for bugs to be

      not updated frequently, you may wait years for bugs to be

      fixed.</td>

      fixed.</td>

      administrative overhead.  The initial learning curve for simple

      administrative overhead.  The initial learning curve for simple

      administration tasks is smaller than with Unix, but it also

      administration tasks is smaller than with Unix, but it also

      requires a lot more work to keep the system running with any

      requires a lot more work to keep the system running with any

  </tr>

  </tr>

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<TR>

<TH>Total</TH>

<TH>Total</TH>

<h2>Performance Benchmarks</h2>

<h2>Performance Benchmarks</h2>

<p>Numerous benchmarks have continued to show FreeBSD's clear

<p>Numerous benchmarks have continued to show FreeBSD's clear

of our other largest customers have published results showing the

of our other largest customers have published results showing the

clear case for using FreeBSD in the enterprise.  It's important to

clear case for using FreeBSD in the enterprise.  It's important to

understand that benchmarking is just a game, and that for real

understand that benchmarking is just a game, and that for real

performance comparisons you need to perform real-world test.  However,

performance comparisons you need to perform real-world test.  However,

it's easy to find published benchmarks on the Internet which show

it's easy to find published benchmarks on the Internet which show

<ul>

<ul>

  Linux on identical hardware: <a

  Linux on identical hardware: <a

  href="http://advisor.gartner.com/n_inbox/hotcontent/hc_2121999_3.html#h8">http://advisor.gartner.com/n_inbox/hotcontent/hc_2121999_3.html#h8</a>.</li>

  href="http://advisor.gartner.com/n_inbox/hotcontent/hc_2121999_3.html#h8">http://advisor.gartner.com/n_inbox/hotcontent/hc_2121999_3.html#h8</a>.</li>

<h2>Security</h2>

<h2>Security</h2>

<p>The Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT, studies Internet

<p>The Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT, studies Internet

that have been victims of attack, publishes a variety of security

that have been victims of attack, publishes a variety of security

alerts, does research in wide-networked computing, and develops

alerts, does research in wide-networked computing, and develops

information and training to help improve security at Internet

information and training to help improve security at Internet

  and clean up after itself!  Ports can of course depend on other

  and clean up after itself!  Ports can of course depend on other

  ports which are built automatically in the same fashion and binary

  ports which are built automatically in the same fashion and binary

  packages can be used as well.  The FreeBSD Ports Collection was

  packages can be used as well.  The FreeBSD Ports Collection was

  problem so it's functionality has been shared with the other BSD

  problem so it's functionality has been shared with the other BSD

  Unix systems and some Linux distributions as well.</p>

  Unix systems and some Linux distributions as well.</p>