Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:44:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: paul@coil.com (Paul J. Mech) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Free BSD vs Linux Message-ID: <199607260044.RAA15393@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <31F80109.7894405F@coil.com> from "Paul J. Mech" at Jul 25, 96 07:19:37 pm
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Paul J. Mech wrote: > its virtues and it has its faults. What I am asking is for a reasonally > objective comparison of Linux and Free-BSD, and some reasons why I should > support Free-BSD. You need not try to woo me away from Linux, I intend to > keep at least one machine running it. However, I am considering running a > BDS derived system on one of my machines and checking it out if it looks like > it is worth the time. a professor at stanford presented a paper at usenix in january comparing Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris 2.4 on the same hardware http://plastique.stanford.edu/~mgbaker/publications/index.html some linux people have complained about this paper but none have provded specific objections when asked. jmb ps. the versions used for the paper are now obsolete -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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