Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 09:16:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux Message-ID: <199802161516.JAA25448@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199802161456.IAA25064@nospam.hiwaay.net> from David Kelly at "Feb 16, 98 08:56:36 am"
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In a previous message, David Kelly said:
> Jim C. Joseph writes:
> >
> > I would agree with some points. FreeBSD is a real server OS. I have mine
> > running NFS, NIS, SMBD, and as an internet router. It handles pretty well.
> > That is why my Sparc is there for only photoshop. But to be fair, Solaris
> > on an Ultra could put both of these in the trash(That is assuming you have
> > $15000 lying around ;).
>
> Has anyone seen the $3k Sun Ultra 5 currently being advertised?
> We have a number of Ultra-1's at work, and one dual CPU Ultra something.
> Haven't felt the need to benchmark 'em against my FreeBSD P-133 other
> than observing that I'm happy to keep a task on the P-133 as long as I
> can before it has to be moved to its final resting place on the Sparc.
I have a new Ultra 10 on my desk. After our discount it was $5800 for
300MHz UltraSparc, 256meg, 4.3gig, cdrom, floppy, ATI graphics. etc. It's
pretty nice. We also have some (HP) Pentium II 233MHz, 64Meg, 4.3 gig, CDROM,
Matrox MilliumII w/8meg, X-accellerated X and CDE 1.1. I don't know the cost
of those, they're leased. Anyway, they are very comperable in feel. I don't
have any hard numbers.
Sun did a real good job on these new boxes.
Paul.
--
Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical
lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach
your hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings.
Did you notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in
pain? This teaches us that electricity can be a very powerful force,
but we must never use it to hurt others unless we need to learn an
important electrical lesson.
It also teaches us how an electrical circuit works. When you scuffed
your feet, you picked up batches of "electrons", which are very small
objects that carpet manufacturers weave into carpets so they will
attract dirt. The electrons travel through your bloodstream and
collect in your finger, where they form a spark that leaps to your
friend's filling, then travels down to his feet and back into the
carpet, thus completing the circuit.
Amazing Electronic Fact: If you scuffed your feet long enough without
touching anything, you would build up so many electrons that your
finger would explode! But this is nothing to worry about unless you
have carpeting.
-- Dave Barry, "What is Electricity?"
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