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Date:      Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:12:06 -0700
From:      Craig Shaver <craig@ProGroup.com>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PcWeek Review + webweek article
Message-ID:  <3422F8B6.40F2@ProGroup.com>
References:  <3.0.32.19970919165229.00b3f2a8@etinc.com>

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dennis wrote:
> 
> At 02:24 PM 9/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >In reply:
> >> Another (good) review about FreeBSD, this one by PcWeek:
> >>
> >> http://www8.zdnet.com/pcweek/reviews/0908/08free.html
> >
> >it's good to see good press for FreeBSD, but I must admit, this
> >article left me wondering how to get to the next page of it...
> >
> >kind of abrupt ending, with absolutely no performance reviewing, also
> >the article was kind of dry reading.
> 
> Sometimes, no information with a positive tone is better than an analysis. The
> focus of the article was that FreeBSD was a viable option to use as an
> internet
> server...he wasnt saying it was "better" or "the best". Thinking people
> dont believe
> that benchmark crap anyway...
> 
> Dennis

Check out the recent webweek article on "Yahoo's Bandwidth".  Seems they
are using FreeBSD and getting very good results.  Very positive
comments.

http://www.webweek.com/current/infrastructure/19970915-yahoo.html


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Craig Shaver  (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 
Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA  94088



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