So what exactly is the difference between net free and open.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them. So far I have only heard how great free bsd is and I read that BSDi is more for internet service providers. So ...

Dammit read the sticky...

i think what Stack is trying to say is that your ? gets asked alot. there is a sticky/post at the very top of the forum, graciously provided by one of our mods that addresses your specific ?. you would probably benifit from reading it.
good luck.

Yeah thanks for your hostile approach I guess next time I will say "plead your case for each BSD and why its the best" Because reading the top page only answered basic questions and the link went into a bunch of history I didnt really care about. So thanks PEACEDOG you were the kind of BSD guru I prefure to speak to.

no bsd guru here, i've been running it just a few weeks, and am learning every day, i'm very comfortable w/windows(any version) and linux(several distros). in defense of the sticky, there is a link to more specific info for most *bsd, as well as to documentation for each. my suggestion would be if you've found more info that would be pertinent to the sticky for explanation purposes, post it w/a suggestion that it be added. my defense of Stack's post would be the same as for any other user here at lq. anybody can have a bad day, try not to judge a user on one post alone. take some time to see how helpful they may have been in a # of other posts. one post does not not make the user so to speak. as for my post, well i was having a good day, but, most of my day's are good days. hope this clears up a few things.
good luck.

Bah, stack don't make me warn you

JonChristmas, please read the sticky. If that's not enough for you, follow the links I so painstakingly collected. If you want to read arguments, than search the forum for the exact question you just asked. Hint: it's been asked at least a dozen times before, use the Search button, that's what it's there for!

Case closed.