Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:20:46 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSDi Acquired by Embedded Computing Firm Wind River Message-ID: <20010409112045.A72259@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <00f501c0c090$f545f480$274391d8@tomcat>; from "Andrew C. Hornback" on Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:03:58PM References: <20010408175333.B117005@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> <00f501c0c090$f545f480$274391d8@tomcat>
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On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 09:03:58PM -0400, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > Ted...how do you suppose Linux would behave as a server and/or desktop > > platform if it ran on equipment that FreeBSD considered absolutely > > top-notch? Equal to FreeBSD? A tad better or a tad bellow -- setting > > aside any BSD bias (if applicable) for a moment? > > Okay Duke, I got this far and I blanched when you made the remark > about Linux possibly performing better than FreeBSD on the same > hardware. In my various web surfing/research, I found a column by > either PC Magazine or Byte (someone like that), where they took two > of exactly the same machine (IBM Netfinity 5500s, I believe), > comparing the newest Linux kernel with FreeBSD 4.1... both had the > same application load, and were put through various tests. "Remark"? I'm sure that you meant, that you "blanched" when I ask the *questions*! Note the 3 question marks above. > As it turns out, the results were either dead even, or in favor of > FreeBSD. Now, I don't know about the rest of you all, but IBM > Netfinity machines are pretty high class where I come from. And the > fact that FreeBSD either ran neck and neck, or flat out beat Linux > says something to me... that we're on the right path here to create > the best free server operating system out there. Your results are *exactly* what I would have expected from the *Cadillac* server OSs. However would it be fair to say that the results also speak well of Linux -- first, for it's apparant capability as a server, and second, from the fact that it can also perform reliably as a desktop platform even with garbage hardware? -- -duke Calgary, Alberta, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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