Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:29:58 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: Sean Ellis <sellis@telus.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: web write-up Message-ID: <3E1C6E26.4010603@mac.com> References: <98130130380.20030108095305@telus.net>
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Sean Ellis wrote: > Hello freebsd-questions, > > I wonder if anyone has any comment on this web article. The results > of the benchmarking seem to portray FreeBSD in a less than > favourable light. > > http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1148/sam0107a/0107a.htm > > Please CC any replies as I am not currently subscribed. > well, I'm not sure how FreeBSD 4.2 is "the latest version available from a commercial distribution" for one thing. Isn't one of the benefits of open source OSes that you can customize the kernel to meet your needs? Seems to me this is not a very meaningful comparison. This seems like a pretty generic task: it's hard to see how FreeBSD came in dead last. -- Paul Beard: seeking UNIX/internet engineering work <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/paulbeard.html>; 8040 27th Ave NE Seattle WA 98115 / 206 529 8400 You do not have mail. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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