Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 21:20:43 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks <wghhicks@ix.netcom.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Pentium bug (really) Message-ID: <346A63FB.2A72AE76@ix.netcom.com>
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Found over in comp.os.qnx
>
> Geoff Roberts wrote:
>
> > I have a lot of friends who have Linux as they can't afford anything
> > else in the way of a UNIX, and based on their experience with it, I
> > wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. It's value I feel is in the fact
> > that it *does* teach people about UNIX per se, but as a serious
> > contender for industrial/high reliability (mission critical as they
> > say) applications, I personally rank it alongside NT. And that is not
> > very high.
>
> Perhaps your friends haven't read the HOWTOs or purchase cheap
> hardware, but my experience with Linux is the opposite. I find it
> remarkably stable (over 160 days of uptime on our main server).
>
> It also has one of the best "bug" fix rates I've ever seen.
> Ping-of-Death, Flood SYN, etc.. And as of today, it's one of a
> few OSes that have fixes for the Pentium f00f bug (the one that
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> locks up your system because of a bug in Intel's chip).
>
> Try it for yourself and see what it's like.
>
> - Paul
Interesting...
Jerry Hicks
jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com
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From: "Paul J.Y. Lahaie" <pjlahaie@atlsci.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.qnx
Subject: Re: QNX vs Linux
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:20:49 +0000
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Geoff Roberts wrote:
> I have a lot of friends who have Linux as they can't afford anything
> else in the way of a UNIX, and based on their experience with it, I
> wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. It's value I feel is in the fact
> that it *does* teach people about UNIX per se, but as a serious
> contender for industrial/high reliability (mission critical as they
> say) applications, I personally rank it alongside NT. And that is not
> very high.
Perhaps your friends haven't read the HOWTOs or purchase cheap
hardware, but my experience with Linux is the opposite. I find it
remarkably stable (over 160 days of uptime on our main server).
It also has one of the best "bug" fix rates I've ever seen.
Ping-of-Death, Flood SYN, etc.. And as of today, it's one of a
few OSes that have fixes for the Pentium f00f bug (the one that
locks up your system because of a bug in Intel's chip).
Try it for yourself and see what it's like.
- Paul
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