Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:04:10 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: TM4525@aol.com Cc: BigelowA@SEC.GOV Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? Message-ID: <20041007140410.GA94481@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <12f.4da18c16.2e96a4d9@aol.com> References: <12f.4da18c16.2e96a4d9@aol.com>
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--Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:55:37AM -0400, TM4525@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/6/04 6:47:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,=20 > kris@obsecurity.org writes: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:42:24PM -0400, Bigelow, Andrea L. wrote: > > Where's the documentation? I'd like to see this for myself. =20 >=20 > There is none, because Mr./Ms. TM4525 is making up his/her "facts" to > suit their assertion. The last time this claim was made it was > refuted and TM4525 promised to go away and check 5.3 performance. >=20 > Kris > ---------------------------------- >=20 > Actually, Kris, it wasn't "refuted", you said that the exceptionally poor= =20 > performance was "expected" until 5.3 was released, and implied that=20 > anyone who expected good performance was making a fool of themselves. >=20 > Search google groups for "freebsd 5.2 performance woes" and sort by date= =20 > to see my test details and subsequent comments by Kris and the other=20 > FreeBSD Spin Doctors. >=20 > My tests are very controlled, and my "assertion" is a result of exception= ally > poor performance in the test. And no-one "refuted" my results. More=20 > like jockeying to save face. >=20 > Nor did I "promise to go away". I promised to test 5.3 and post=20 > the results. We're waiting..5.3 is in beta and ready for your tests. Other benchmarks show very good results compared to 4.x. Kris --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBZUzaWry0BWjoQKURAndOAKDXsOuAk9mHbV/pdcWTlh4poAPv+QCeNGRo BcH04YuatQTiYWPpTx7aJQ4= =KJWR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--
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