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From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: Real "technical comparison"
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105311437310.9434-100000@imladris.rielhome.conectiva>
 "from Rik van Riel at May 31, 2001 02:43:35 pm"
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 20:09:11 +0200 (CEST)
Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>,
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It seems Rik van Riel wrote:
> > At www.spec.org I see SPECweb99 numbers for Solaris, AIX,
> > Linux, Windows, Tru64, and HP-UX. FreeBSD must be hiding,
> > because I don't see it. BSDI, Walnut Creek, and WindRiver
> > all have failed to submit results.
> 
> > Linux is still #1 for 1 to 4 processors. The 8-way results
> > need to be redone on newer hardware (Windows is ahead now)
> > and Linux doesn't have 6-way or 12-way numbers.
> 
> Last I heard the 8-way result with Windows had an "NC"
> (not qualified) next to it. OTOH, Linux' 8-way numbers
> still leave a lot to be desired ...
> 
> > Go on, show some numbers. Stop hiding.
> 
> *nod*

If somebody sends me the 800 US$ the software costs, or better 
get me the software for free (we are a free OS right) I'll gladly
run it through a variety of machines here...

-Søren

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