Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 18:39:58 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimme FreeBSD anyday! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000815183030.68978A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <20000815163646.A39188@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, j mckitrick wrote: > | Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> writes: > | > | [Solaris] > | > The big hardware is very nice in a number of applications and once > | > you're use to the OS it's not that hard to live with. I'd > | > certaintly take it over NT, and quite possiably over Linux, but > | > I'd rather have an equivelently priced FreeBSD box built to my > | > specs then the Ultra 10 in my office. > > What clock speed is that CPU? And what kind of apps are run on a > workstation of this type? I guess i'm just wondering what people use > SOlaris machines for besides servers. WHat do they do well that windows > machines don't do well? > CAD. Lot's of CAD packages are for solaris first and then maybe for some other OS. And many other things. The stereotypical unix worstation uses are: * SUN - cad/eda * HP - GIS and similar * SGI - scientific visualisation These are, of course, but stereotypes. Note that Digital and IBM are left out. > -jonathon > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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