From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 19 13:52:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA07495 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA07486 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:52:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dbsys.etinc.com (dbsys.etinc.com [204.141.95.138]) by etinc.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA14881; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 17:02:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970919165229.00b3f2a8@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:52:29 -0400 To: jbryant@tfs.net From: dennis Subject: Re: PcWeek Review Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 02:24 PM 9/19/97 -0500, you wrote: >In reply: >> Another (good) review about FreeBSD, this one by PcWeek: >> >> http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/reviews/0908/08free.html > >it's good to see good press for FreeBSD, but I must admit, this >article left me wondering how to get to the next page of it... > >kind of abrupt ending, with absolutely no performance reviewing, also >the article was kind of dry reading. Sometimes, no information with a positive tone is better than an analysis. The focus of the article was that FreeBSD was a viable option to use as an internet server...he wasnt saying it was "better" or "the best". Thinking people dont believe that benchmark crap anyway... Dennis