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Date:      Mon, 26 Apr 1999 20:34:42 -0700
From:      "Carlos C. Tapang" <ctapang@aracnet.com>
To:        "=?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Sommerhein?=" <pms@jancomulti.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Encanto Networks chooses FreeBSD over Linux
Message-ID:  <00f401be905e$e55f34a0$0d787880@apex.tapang>

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Thanks for the correction. I misread it. Yes, Mr. Frankenberg does say in
effect that FreeBSD has better network performance than Linux, and that
Linux is only good for desktop use.
Carlos C. Tapang
http://www.genericwindows.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Pål Sommerhein <pms@jancomulti.com>
To: Carlos C. Tapang <ctapang@aracnet.com>
Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>;
freebsd-stable@freebsd.org <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: Encanto Networks chooses FreeBSD over Linux


>Carlos C. Tapang wrote:
>>
>> Just came across an interesting article in Investor's Business Daily
(April
>> 26th issue) in the Computers and Technology section. The title is
"Windows
>> Foes Pose A Threat: Ex-Novell CEO". In it Bob Frankenberg cites the
reason
>> why his company chose FreeBSD over Linux: they did a very careful
evaluation
>> and "found that there was a 2-1 or 3-1 improvement over Linux". "... A
lot
>> of work had been done to maximize transaction-processing performance."
>> But "Linux, on the other hand, performs better for individual use"
because
>> of "better network performance".
>
>The last sentence above says that "Linux performs better for individual use
>_because_of_better_network_performance."  This is not what the article
>conveyed.  The correct interpretation is rather that Encanto Networks Inc.
>chose FreeBSD because the company needed better network performance, *not*
>better desktop performance.  A quote from the article follows:
>
> We did a very careful evaluation. The reason
> we went with FreeBSD is that a lot of work had
> been done to maximize transaction-processing
> performance. This can improve the speed of
> accessing Web pages. We found there was a
> 2- 1 or 3-1 improvement over Linux.
>
> Linux, on the other hand, performs better for
> individual use. In general, if I'm a user of a
> desktop computer - instead of a network user
> - I'll get a faster response time on Linux than
> FreeBSD. We needed better network performance.
>
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>                 [referring to an asset of FreeBSD]
>
>
>Paal Sommerhein
>



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