Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 10:55:12 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> To: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Owen Barnett <rainking@shell.futuresouth.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OpenBSD vs. FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901091042190.5714-100000@sturm.canonware.com> In-Reply-To: <19990109035423.A13514@best.com>
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On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Jan B. Koum wrote: > On Sat, Jan 09, 1999 at 09:28:16PM +1030, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote: > > On Friday, 8 January 1999 at 23:03:58 -0800, Jan B. Koum wrote: > > > But you are right - FreeBSD wins in the performance area > > > no questions asked. > > > > I disagree. I would ask questions, or at least answer implied > > questions. There's been enough unpleasantness between the *BSDs in > > the past; we don't want to start that again with a number of > > unqualified statements, even if they should be correct. > > You do not think FreeBSD is better in the performance > area? This is a simple yes or no question. :) If it is a simple yes or no question, then the question is flawed. As has been amply demonstrated by nearly every computer-related marketing machine in existence, "performance" can be applied to very small problem domains, and thus one program is clearly superior to the other, based on "indisputable" micro-benchmarks. Performance cannot be absolutely quantified without absolute constraints on the problem domain. Perpetuating the twisting of truth about performance for the "betterment" of FreeBSD is hardly laudable. Jason Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> http://www.canonware.com/~jasone Home phone: (650) 856-8204 Work phone: (415) 808-8742 "I once knew a happy medium. Her name was Zohar." - James Foster To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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