Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:04:40 -0500 From: doc@datacruz.com (Craig Norborg) To: support@freebsd.org Subject: Lightweight processes? Message-ID: <19971124170520.AAA2513@gravitar.datacruz.com>
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Haven't heard of this term before, but there is a piece of software that is avoiding freebsd because they say it doesn't support them. Thought you might want to know... >Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 21:40:52 -0400 (EDT) >From: HighWind Software Support <support@highwind.com> >To: doc@datacruz.com >Subject: Re: Interested in your products... > > >> You call one a "newsrouter", and the other a "newserver", I assume >> one feeds other sites, while the other feeds clients? > >Cyclone is a NewsRouter. That is, it concentrates on server<->server >interactions or feeding. Because of this concentration, its feature-set >and performance are quite impressive. > >Typhoon and Breeze are NewsServers. They can serve articles to News >clients. The principle difference between the two is that Typhoon >will have a few more of the "exotic" features and it will also have a >limited feeding ability. > >> One problem would be that we are not interested in running either >> Solaris or Linux. Solaris due to the differences from mainstream BSD >> servers, and Linux due to the security problems associated with every >> known version out there. Are there any plans to run on a more mainstream >> and stable OS such as FreeBSD or BSDi? > >Our SGI port starts next week. BSDI may happen around Xmas time. FreeBSD >is not an option at this point since its kernel has no lightweight process >mechanism. > >-johnj >support@highwind.com > ----- Craig Norborg 219.254.5254 Datacruz, Inc. FAX 219.256.1144 doc@datacruz.com <http://www.datacruz.com>; 2500 Miracle Lane, Suite D . PO Box 220 . Mishawaka . IN . 46546-0220
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