From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 18 07:55:32 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA01319 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA01312 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 07:55:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from venus.mcs.com (root@Venus.mcs.com [192.160.127.92]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA05785; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:55:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: by venus.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Tue, 18 Jun 96 09:55 CDT Message-Id: Subject: Re: BSDI 2.0 vs. FreeBSD 2.x To: randy@zyzzyva.com (Randy Terbush) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 09:55:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" Cc: dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199606180133.UAA06171@sierra.zyzzyva.com> from "Randy Terbush" at Jun 17, 96 08:33:08 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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!