Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:43:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Lanny Baron <lnb@heretic.cybertouch.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Noemie Buzaglo <nbuzaglo@mrs.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP & RAID Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004241728450.66309-100000@heretic.cybertouch.org> In-Reply-To: <20000424200340.C559@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Rahul, I think you are taking the word "sucks" in the wrong context. It was not used as meaning FreeBSD "sucks" in any way. It was meant more as a dissapointment with information I had received. Perhaps the word used was inappropriate as the meaning was clearly misunderstood. As far as your other comments go, there is a difference between a "home" user and a "business" user. If you ran a business and your IT department said they wanted an 8-way machine, and you were responsible for the aquisition of that machine, I would think you would want to be sure that the operating system on that machine will work with the hardware. When you say many of "us". I do not know who "us" is. I do know that large businesses use well known systems such as AIX, HP-UX, Solaris etc.. I would like to see FreeBSD in the same league. I am a dedicated fan of FreeBSD for quite some time. -lanny On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > Hello Greg, > > I fail to understand why FreeBSD would not want to pursue large corporate > > users. If it is what you say (SMOP..) then why doesn't one of the programmers > > for FreeBSD get SMP up to par with other systems? > > > > The answer provided does not demonstrate FreeBSD as being a commercially > > viable solution against other systems, which is contrary to what we believe. To > > be blunt, sucks. > > As a free/open source software user, but non-programmer, I believe the > answer is: if it works for you, use it. If not, don't. Many of us > don't run large database applications; many of us don't even need SMP > so a statement like it "sucks" sounds strange to us. > > > Greg, as you are not only a genius in his own right, you are a lover of > > FreeBSD! AS the saying goes "if it's not broken, BREAK it and fix it" > > Again, the source is with you: fix it yourself, or pay someone to do > it. If the fix is good and you contribute it back to the project, maybe > you'll even have been of some help. > > > There must be some secret here, if MS is using FBSD for hotmail and Yahoo! is > > using it for web. One processor to deliver all that? > > Actually I believe they use hundreds / thousands. However, the > Walnut Creek FTP archive was running off one processor till recently > (it's now a Xeon but still a single machine, according to information > on the site). > > Rahul. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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