From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 23 18:51:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA20039 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 18:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA20024 for ; Thu, 23 May 1996 18:51:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA11263; Fri, 24 May 1996 11:34:20 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605240204.LAA11263@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 11:34:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: karl@mcs.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605231934.PAA29049@etinc.com> from "Dennis" at May 23, 96 03:34:55 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dennis stands accused of saying: > > Karl D. writes... > > >Again, note - no spinning media, no PC-bus issues.... > > I really hate this garbage argument. Novell servers with uptimes > over a year are commonplace...PC bus, spinning media and all. Yeah, and look at the sort of performance you (don't) get out of them. Note also the amazing amounts of money people like Compaq charge for their "Novell Server" products, as opposed to what you pay for J. Random Klone. (I have a couple of friends who administrer large Novell networks. They have just the same sort of trouble with PC hardware, only they have an easier out because the Man From Novell just comes in and says "It's not certified for Novell", or "It's just a hardware problem" and they go complain to their vendor. They don't get a chance to doubt the software, or any useful error messages from it...) > Dennis -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[