Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 09:22:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: linux.com misconceptions Message-ID: <19990520092257.M89091@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <37432551.6808FC52@thuntek.net>; from Donald Wilde on Wed, May 19, 1999 at 02:55:45PM -0600 References: <99051916483400.07598@thanatos.conio.net> <37432551.6808FC52@thuntek.net>
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On Wednesday, 19 May 1999 at 14:55:45 -0600, Donald Wilde wrote: > Sam Stephenson wrote: >> >> Anyone care to comment on the blatant misinformation here? >> http://linux.com/linux@work/oscomp.phtml#l17 >> Linux.com hasn't been up for 24 hours yet, and they're >> already lying about BSD. >> >> The most obvious distortions are: >> - Scalability: BSD is listed as "Small to Large," while >> Linux is listed as "Small to Huge." > > They're probably referring to Beowolf clustering techniques as their > "huge". That doesn't change the fact that the typical Linux system doesn't scale well. And IIRC Beowulf dies if one processor dies, making it less reliable, not more. Don, I think you're the guy to write them a calm, friendly letter explaining the inaccuracies, in particular referring to the Gardener Group report. You should also remind them of BSD/OS and OpenBSD as well. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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