From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 14 23:49:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA06009 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Apr 1996 23:49:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [204.188.121.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA06004 Sun, 14 Apr 1996 23:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA00354; Sun, 14 Apr 1996 23:48:19 -0700 Message-Id: <199604150648.XAA00354@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 To: Linus Torvalds cc: dyson@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Unices are created equal, but ... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:16:13 +0300." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 23:48:17 -0700 From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Benchmarking is a good idea not just to compete with other OSes but also measure the performance of the OSes 8) If anything needs to improve on the *free* unix systems is application deployment. A cheap way to get apps is to have a Win95 emulation layer so that we can run Win95 apps. Is nice to a have a bullet train however I want a smooth ride and a comfortable seat 8) Cheers, Amancio >>> Linus Torvalds said: > > > On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, John S. Dyson wrote: > > > > How's about maintaining competition, and working to make the respective > > U**X clone better competitively. Competition helps keep each party > > honest!!! > > I'd be nervous about the benchmarks used. It's too easy to optimize for a > specific set of circumstances, and getting blind to the "larger picture". > But with a reasonable selection of benchmarks, this might not be a bad > idea. > > Linus >