Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 17:13:05 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Dale Anderson <danderso@crystalsugar.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCWeek article by Anne Chen -- Comments Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990505170752.-131053E-100000@akane> In-Reply-To: <s730254f.099@mail>
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> I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "Not bright enough to >understand ????" What us IT people mean, is that running an >application under emulation means it will run a little slower, as that >middle abstraction layer has to emulate and that takes CPU cycles. >Another reason is that if you talk to some sort of tech support for a >product that isn't running quite right under emulation, they will just >tell us to "Go get the real platform to run it on." > Also, are applications need to run all the time, everytime. Users >don't understand the concept of downtime, and often our job performance >is rated on up-time. For these reasons, we like native applications over >"Emulated enviroments." Good points. The problem here seems to be the generally held principle that Linux emulation on FreeBSD in most cases out performs Linux itself. In one place a friend who could not get a native linux application running at all in Linux says it runs flawlessly under emulation. BUT, right now for the FreeBSD project, Linux emulation is it until we have a bigger user base and can approach the big guys with hardcore numbers. "10 million people currently use FreeBSD v X.x mostly in server applications. What are the chances that we'll see a native build of your product? If you need to know anything specific then here are the answers." Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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