From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 20 14:32:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from avarice.riverstyx.net (hq-port-97.harbour-dhcp-pool.infinetgroup.com [207.23.37.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 524F4154D2 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:32:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from unknown@riverstyx.net) Received: from avarice (unknown@avarice [207.23.37.97]) by avarice.riverstyx.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA28598; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:30:30 -0700 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:30:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Tani Hosokawa To: Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: poor ethernet performance? In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990720144745.0439ef00@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > >You've entirely misinterpreted the situation. The kids aren't the ones > >making Linux grow, it's the serious developers and people who work with > >Linux in the real world that do it. The kids are the hangers-ons, the > >symptoms. The actual roots lie with the professionals. > > Your assertions are inconsistent with the facts. > > If your statements above were true, then FreeBSD would be at least as > successful as Linux. It would enjoy the same installed base and growth rate. > In fact, BSD UNIX in general would be far ahead, because it has been around > longer. I'm curious -- How long has FreeBSD existed? > But it's not, and in fact is losing market and server share. > > Of course, I'm sure you won't allow the facts to affect your utter devotion > to the doctrine of the Church of L. Jordan Hubbard, which preaches otherwise. :-( --- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message