From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 17 17:06:40 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B889916A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:06:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-m17.mx.aol.com (imo-m17.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA9643D45 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:06:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Freebsd0101@aol.com) Received: from Freebsd0101@aol.com by imo-m17.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id r.29.6ac336bd (3972); Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:06:27 -0500 (EST) From: Freebsd0101@aol.com Message-ID: <29.6ac336bd.2f1d4a93@aol.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 12:06:27 EST To: stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5116 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: different behaviour between 4.x and 5.x (ping response/disk io) [was Re: ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 17:06:40 -0000 In a message dated 1/16/05 7:43:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com writes: >stheg > >P.S. (to the list in general) Why do all of the questions about FBSD >performance, especially 4.x vs 5.x, come from people posting from >Windows boxes? Theories? Because performance is a server issue and what you use for a server has little to do with what you use on your desktop. Most people that don't have a religious repulsion with Microsoft use Windows on the desktop.