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Date:      Sun, 10 Jan 1999 10:52:55 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com>
Cc:        Owen Barnett <rainking@shell.futuresouth.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenBSD vs. FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <19990110105255.C1743@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990109035423.A13514@best.com>; from Jan B. Koum  on Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 03:54:23AM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990109004842.2126A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> <19990108230358.A19973@best.com> <19990109212815.B1743@freebie.lemis.com> <19990109035423.A13514@best.com>

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On Saturday,  9 January 1999 at  3:54:23 -0800, Jan B. Koum  wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:28:16PM +1030, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:
>> On Friday,  8 January 1999 at 23:03:58 -0800, Jan B. Koum  wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 12:52:09AM -0600, Owen Barnett <rainking@shell.futuresouth.com> wrote:
>>> 	But you are right - FreeBSD wins in the performance area
>>> 	no questions asked.
>>
>> I disagree.  I would ask questions, or at least answer implied
>> questions.  There's been enough unpleasantness between the *BSDs in
>> the past; we don't want to start that again with a number of
>> unqualified statements, even if they should be correct.
>
> 	You do not think FreeBSD is better in the performance
> 	area? This is a simple yes or no question. :)

Performance is *never* a simple yes/no question.  Look at all the
contradictory benchmark evidence out there.  Personally, I have no
experience with OpenBSD, so I can't evaluate its performance.  If you
have experience, you haven't mentioned it.

Greg
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