From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 14:02:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CA616A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:02:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD68843D31 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:02:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BDEFC5138B; Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:04:10 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: TM4525@aol.com Message-ID: <20041007140410.GA94481@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <12f.4da18c16.2e96a4d9@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <12f.4da18c16.2e96a4d9@aol.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: BigelowA@SEC.GOV Subject: Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:02:36 -0000 --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--