Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:25:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> Cc: jkb <jkb@best.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web page Message-ID: <19971014112528.09598@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19971013170015.39984@right.PCS>; from Jonathan Lemon on Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 05:00:15PM -0500 References: <17167.876767152@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971013143025.23349D-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> <19971013170015.39984@right.PCS>
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On Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 05:00:15PM -0500, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > On Oct 10, 1997 at 02:36:36PM -0700, jkb wrote: >> I wonder if we should cc: linuxrx@www.falconweb.com and tell them >> that FreeBSD does support "Multiple CPU's" and pthreads. And the part >> about "most used for low-end workstation": > > Actually, I thought that FBSD was used more for high-end workstations, > leaving the low-end segment to Linux. This would explain why FBSD > appears to have more support for high-end devices. :-\ > > Then again, I wouldn't spend too much time on it, not for a page > that touts "64-bits" as part of the OS. I also note that they don't > list NetBSD, which would obviously shame Linux when it comes to > the "# of platforms" category. Why not give this guy the benefit of the doubt? I'll send him the comparison that I plan to print in "The Complete FreeBSD", and offer to investigate the grey areas, like driver support. Question to all, particularly jkh: This guy claims 6,000,000 users of Linux, obviously a very optimistic figure. If we're optimistic, how high could we push the number of FreeBSD users without leaving the realms of reality? Greghome | help
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