Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:55:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <karl@mcs.com> To: randy@zyzzyva.com (Randy Terbush) Cc: dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSDI 2.0 vs. FreeBSD 2.x Message-ID: <m0uW2BZ-000IDOC@venus.mcs.com> In-Reply-To: <199606180133.UAA06171@sierra.zyzzyva.com> from "Randy Terbush" at Jun 17, 96 08:33:08 pm
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> Karl, knowing you from the days of ISC I'm surprised you would > give BSDI that much slack. I hardly think that an OS lacking > a 'lockd' qualifies as an NFS server. Try juggling a network > of BSDI NFS realestate in a network of machines that can > actually do file locking... not fun. NOBODY does NFS file locking properly. NOBODY. Trust me on this -- 10+ years of experience with this beast has convinced me that absolutely no one has implemented NFS locking in a manner that I would trust for anything mission critical. So I don't. > I too was stunned by my recent BSDI pricing... only a matter of time. Yep. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | T1 from $600 monthly; speeds to DS-3 available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | 23 Chicagoland Prefixes, 13 ISDN, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net/ ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!
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