Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 16:59:02 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@Phoenix.volant.org To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net> Cc: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au>, Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/netstart bogons.. Message-ID: <ML-3.3.862099142.7515.patl@asimov> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970426232354.00703b14@cybercom.net>
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> At 12:42 PM 4/26/97 -0700, patl@Phoenix.volant.org wrote: > >> Perhaps this comes down to personal preference, but I've had > >> considerably more years experience in SysV than BSD, and I by > >> *far* prefer the BSD approach. > > > >Yes, it does come down to personal preference. I have many more > >years with various flavors of BSD; but the rc.d/init.d system > >is one of the few places where I think Solaris2 is a clear win > >over BSD. > > > > The grass is always greener... :-) Nope, doesn't apply here - I've got an old SPARCstation 1+ running Solaris 2.5.1 right beside my 486 with FreeBSD 2.2. Each system has a few things that I wish the other had. And my first experience with Solaris2 was 2.0beta3; so I know just how bad Solaris2 could be. (The SunOS4 compatability generally didn't work. There were no docs to help the user find out what the bleep the new/SysV command was that replaced the good old familiar BSD/SunOS4 command. It was glacially slow. And I was extatic the first time I managed to keep the system up for 48 consecutive hours. A feat that was accomplished by leaving it to sit idle for the whole time.) By 2.4 it became quite usable, and I now prefer it over SunOS4 for SPARC boxes. [ If you are interested in my SunOS history, the first Sun 1/100 that Sun Microsystems sold went to the start-up that I was working for at the time; and sat on my desk. It's in the Smithsonian now. ] -Pat
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