This is part of an
ongoing discussion we have at
work. After many moons, we came to the following conclusions...
FreeBSD is best for a server enviornment, PROVIDED that you have mostly
stock hardware.
FreeBSD lags a little behind the
competition with cutting edge driver support. (Of course, some people say that this is one of the causes of the stability.) People love the
ports collection.
NetBSD is best for when you have that toaster you just NEED
Unix to run on. But, seriously, if you have a
VAX it's pretty much either
VMS,
NetBSD, or
Ultrix on those. (I'd take
VMS) It's super-ultra-mega portable.
OpenBSD has pretty
anal security, and they are part of an ongoing
proactive security audit, which is good++. They also have a
ports collection.
So, remember, choose your BSD wisely. There is no one right answer.