Date: 09 Jul 2001 02:07:39 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Pedro F Giffuni <pfg1+@pitt.edu>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OS portability (was: Things you learn in school) Message-ID: <xzp4rsnoth0.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20010709092743.K80862@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <3B478570.67B193CB@pitt.edu> <p05100302b76e6fce91c0@[194.78.241.123]> <20010709080330.G80862@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3B491A9E.D5392F7C@pitt.edu> <xzpd77bou0k.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010709092743.K80862@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> writes: > On Monday, 9 July 2001 at 1:55:55 +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Why not? UltraSPARCs come pretty cheap these days, and even Linux is > > better than *ack* *phtui* Solaris. > I don't think any free operating system comes close to Solaris or AIX > when it comes to SMP scalability. Possibly not, but the cheap UltraSPARC aren't SMP ones. I believe you specifically mentioned PCI-equipped UltraSPARCs, and unless I missed something those are mostly workstations and low-end servers, such as those little 1U watchumacallits Sun is hawking for less than $1000. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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