From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jul 8 12: 4:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.webmaster.com (mail.webmaster.com [209.133.28.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6FC414F67 for ; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:04:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from davids@webmaster.com) Received: from whenever ([209.133.29.2]) by shell.webmaster.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-12345L500S10000V35) with SMTP id com; Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:04:07 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" To: "The Hermit Hacker" , "Pierre Beyssac" Cc: Subject: RE: Known MMAP() race conditions ... ? Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:04:07 -0700 Message-ID: <001701bec974$a7711d30$021d85d1@youwant.to> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In general, an operating system should be used for what it does best. If FreeBSD doesn't run INN very well, use Solaris or Linux. And don't upgrade production servers without making sure the new operating system version can handle the job well. At WebMaster, we have NT servers, Linux servers, FreeBSD servers, Sparc servers, and an Irix server. We use each machine for what it does best. > ah, okay, so you are saying that FreeBSD shouldn't be demonstrated using > software that taxes/tweaks bugs in it? Yes, that's how demonstrations work. You don't demonstrate the things that don't work. > Boy, does that sound like a quick > road to problems... Management: but, when you sold us on this operating > system, it was perfectly stable. Me: ya, well, I picked and choose the > software I ran for the demo, sorry... Just be honest. "FreeBSD does a lot of things very well, let's use it for the things it does well." Don't be an OS bigot. I'm sorry, no operating system is best for everything. > personal, sounds like something Microsoft would do, not something that > *I'd* want to base a decision on. Actually, Microsoft would probably tell you NT is best for everything and there's no reason to ever consider any other operating system. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message