Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 21:03:58 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: BSDi Acquired by Embedded Computing Firm Wind River Message-ID: <00f501c0c090$f545f480$274391d8@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010408175333.B117005@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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> -----Original Message----- > Ted...how do you suppose Linux would behave as a server and/or desktop > platform if it ran on equipment that FreeBSD considered absolutely > top-notch? Equal to FreeBSD? A tad better or a tad bellow -- setting > aside any BSD bias (if applicable) for a moment? Okay Duke, I got this far and I blanched when you made the remark about = Linux possibly performing better than FreeBSD on the same hardware. In = my various web surfing/research, I found a column by either PC Magazine = or Byte (someone like that), where they took two of exactly the same = machine (IBM Netfinity 5500s, I believe), comparing the newest Linux = kernel with FreeBSD 4.1... both had the same application load, and were = put through various tests. As it turns out, the results were either dead even, or in favor of = FreeBSD. Now, I don't know about the rest of you all, but IBM Netfinity = machines are pretty high class where I come from. And the fact that = FreeBSD either ran neck and neck, or flat out beat Linux says something = to me... that we're on the right path here to create the best free = server operating system out there. =20 And personally, I tend to build my workstations out of former = servers... true, I may not have the fastest Athlon or PIII boxes... but, = I've got hardware that's solid and supported for the most part, with a = currently installed base. =20 --- Andy ALR Revolution 6X6 "... makes a dandy workstation." ALR Revolution Q-4SMP "... and Solaris even supports the Mylex RAID." Compaq ProLiant 1500 "... isn't it overkill for a firewall?" Homebrew PII-450 "... Windows 98 even likes it." Homebrew DX4-100 "... some of us still use OS/2." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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