From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 13 18:55:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA11483 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:55:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA11473 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:55:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id LAA01919; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:25:28 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19971014112528.09598@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:25:28 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Jonathan Lemon Cc: jkb , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Andreas Klemm , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web page References: <17167.876767152@time.cdrom.com> <19971013170015.39984@right.PCS> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <19971013170015.39984@right.PCS>; from Jonathan Lemon on Mon, Oct 13, 1997 at 05:00:15PM -0500 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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? Greg