Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:03:30 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OS portability (was: Things you learn in school) Message-ID: <20010709080330.G80862@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <p05100302b76e6fce91c0@[194.78.241.123]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:16:37PM %2B0200 References: <3B478570.67B193CB@pitt.edu> <p05100302b76e6fce91c0@[194.78.241.123]>
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On Sunday, 8 July 2001 at 22:16:37 +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 5:56 PM -0400 7/7/01, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > >> * Linux is the choice for implementing webservices because it runs on >> any type of hardware. > > Yeah, right. How many different types of hardware does Linux > run on? And how many different types of hardware does NetBSD run > on? Anyone who makes a claim like this for Linux obviously hasn't > done their homework, and shouldn't be teaching people who might not > be expected to know these kinds of things.... OK, let's take a look. RS/6000? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't really. Ultra SPARC with PCI bus? Linux does. Last time I looked, NetBSD didn't. S/390? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't. SMP machines? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't. Especially from an IBM point of view, this points very much to Linux as being the more portable system. I don't think anybody cares very much whether Linux runs on a Sun 3. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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