Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 22:09:51 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: poor ethernet performance? Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990722220119.04571100@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199907230344.UAA20300@implode.root.com> References: <Your message of "Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:45:59 MDT." <4.2.0.58.19990721103838.04392f00@localhost>
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At 08:44 PM 7/22/99 -0700, David Greenman wrote: > > It would mean that the gap between > >Linux and FreeBSD would DOUBLE every year, eventually causing Linux to > >leave FreeBSD in the dust. > > No, the ratio doesn't change when both double each year. No, but the size of the gap doubles each year. And that's what vendors and users alike care about. >>However, in a real-life ecosystem, where growth cannot go on forever, a fixed > >ratio is not sustainable. > > Well, you're right about that, except your conclusion is wrong. The >statistics show that Linux growth is actually slowing a little and what >used to be a 5:1 ratio of Linux:FreeBSD is actually narrowed to 4:1. You're basing your figures on downloads (see below), which are not a reliable measure of installed base. Many of those downloads are upgrades for existing systems. > I'd really like to know where you get your statistics. Mine come from >Redhat downloads (from the primary and mirrors), Slackware downloads and >CDROM sales, and FreeBSD downloads and CDROM sales. I'd tell you the numbers >if I were able to legally. Alas, your data is not complete. You're not tracking all of the distributions of Linux (in the above, for example, you omit Caldera and SuSE), and -- again -- downloads aren't an accurate metric at all. Sales are a BIT better as a metric, but you still cannot tell the upgrades from the new installs. > > Vendors such as Xig are dropping FreeBSD > >support, and no major ones are adding it. > > You're full of it, Brett. I just got back from a full day of FreeBSD >meetings and I can say with certainty that interest with third party vendors >is increasing. I'd like to know where you heard that Xig is dropping support >for FreeBSD - Jordan said so explicitly on this list. They've dropped support for FreeBSD from all but one of their products: their X server. Want their new CDE? Sorry, no can do. That's Linux-only. (See their Web site.) And, as I've mentioned, Borland is so biased toward Linux that it's tough to request FreeBSD support on their survey. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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