Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 16:15:47 +0530 From: A JOSEPH KOSHY <koshy@india.hp.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Comparing FreeBSD and other OSs Message-ID: <199603071045.AA184325548@fakir.india.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Mar 1996 04:13:16 PST." <15186.826114396@time.cdrom.com>
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>>>>> "jkh" == Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@time.cdrom.com> said:
>>>>> "gl" == Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de> said:
jkh> So many people ask me for comparative data on the two operating
jkh> systems that I think it's time to give them what they want.
[...elided...]
gl> The current FreeBSD/Linux comparison is only part of a larger
gl> question: which operating system should I install on my PC?
[...elided...]
I would also love to see comparisions done with Netware, Windows NT, SCO
and others so that users get valuable information about the choices
available to them. I have this feeling that many more people use Netware- /
Windows- based PC networks than any form of Unix; many because of ignorance of
the alternatives that are available to them.
They live with egregious performance on costly hardware and lousy stability
to boot. I think they deserve a better deal :).
If we are going to take up the benchmarking effort seriously, we probably
should have comparisions with the current "market-leaders" in PC OSes and
networking products. The tough part is probably locating / creating portable
benchmarks.
Koshy
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