Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:21:10 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need to compare FreeBSD -> Solaris 8 ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007241719570.340-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <000201bff5aa$dd3162f0$0100000a@netfinity>
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > > > > but I need suggestions on what software I should be running for > > > >doing the benchmarking ... it has to be apples to apples > > > >... iozone-freebsd vs iozone-solaris, etc ... > > > > > > > > Since there doesn't appear to be one already, I'll compile my > > > >results and put them up on a web page for everyone to see and comment > upon > > > >... > > > > > > Is that legal? Check the license for Solaris.. > > > > D'oh ... never thought about that, but now that you do mention it, most > > likely it isn't *sigh* God, I hate commercial software :( > > > > Welp, there goes that plan ... inhouse use only :( > > > It's not legal to benchmark two OSes and post the results ? Since when ? > That seems like BS to me. If that's true, the freedoms in this country are > already gone. Actually, from reading reports of benchmarking that the SQUID folks did and posted awhile back, several vendors have this "don't post results" policy ... I think it falls under "if we look good, go for it, but if we look bad, we'll sue your proverbial ass off" ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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