From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 15 19:58:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18487 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 19:58:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pan.wt.net (pan.wt.net [205.230.159.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18479 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 19:58:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcjoseph@wt.net) Received: from wt.net (wt-d2-235.wt.net [206.139.152.235]) by pan.wt.net (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA21154; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:58:09 -0600 Received: from localhost (jcjoseph@localhost) by wt.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id VAA15245; Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:56:01 GMT (envelope-from jcjoseph@kosh.home.net) Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:55:59 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jim C. Joseph" To: Paul Missman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux In-Reply-To: <01bd3a62$86695d20$0525a8c0@missmanp.chr.adelphia.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> > >> Heh. Try using Solaris x86 sometime. It's about on par with Windows NT > >> obscurity and performance wise. > > > >OK, I was thinking of Solaris 2 on the Sparc. But I still would have > >difficulty believing that claim too. > > > > > Well, it doesn't have the nickname Slowaris for nothin. > > Paul Missman I would agree with some points. FreeBSD is a real server OS. I have mine running NFS, NIS, SMBD, and as an internet router. It handles pretty well. That is why my Sparc is there for only photoshop. But to be fair, Solaris on an Ultra could put both of these in the trash(That is assuming you have $15000 lying around ;). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message