From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 30 20:49:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA12988 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (sendero-ppp.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA12935 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 15332 invoked by uid 1000); 1 Oct 1997 03:50:02 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2-alpha-092597 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Atlas Telecom From: Simon Shapiro To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" Subject: RE: Good Lord, Commercial Linux Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Atipa Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi "Jamil J. Weatherbee"; On 01-Oct-97 you wrote: > > That's not what I was really saying. I would be willing to pay a few > hundred dollars for freebsd on the alpha with some of the productivity > tools (notably staroffice) that caldera linux has, I wonder also if > caldera has hacker the 2.0.29 kernel to make i a bit more stable? > What about that UNIX compliance tests like the now defunct LinuxFT > product > which I think was a really good product, of very high quality from what > I > saw. i apologize for mixing sarcasm, humor (Nah, wasn't all that funny), and seriousness. As a packaged, commercial O/S, these packages are good. I still like FreeBSD installation better. The rest is pretty much the same to me. Kernel-wise, I think i trust FreeBSD kernel better than Linux, although performance is, well, six of this, half a dozen of the other; Both are tuned very well. The Alpha bit; I am, professionally, very interested in this. Contact me privately if you want to help. --- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313