Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 13:09:09 -0800 From: Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net>, "freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why is Python slower on FreeBSD than Windows?/Terry is a genius:) Message-ID: <3C701BF5.F140C988@pythonemproject.com> References: <20020216180815.J91166-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <3C6F8896.CDB8A2FE@mindspring.com> <7zsn7zgatl.n7z@localhost.localdomain>
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"Gary W. Swearingen" wrote: > > Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> writes: > > > Doug White wrote: > > > > > > Good luck. The Vaios are infamous for having bad ACPI implementations. > > > > Works in Windows: Not a VAIO problem, it's a FreeBSD > > problem. > > > > Unless you are saying Windows Programmers are better > > than FreeBSD programmers? > > I think I get the point, but I'll bite the troll anyway. > > Saying that it's a FreeBSD problem and not a VAIO problem is like saying > that a dead battery is a driver's problem and not a car problem. A > dead battery IS a car problem and a non-standard (and closed) ACPI > implementation in a VAIO IS a VAIO problem, unless we don't share a > common language. > > In cases like this the particular Windows programmers involved usually > ARE better (at least a lot faster), because of their better access to > VAIO designers and/or design documents than FreeBSD programmers. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message With all that said, I'm pretty happy with my Vaio. Of course console bigger than VESA would be nice. I wish I understood the FBSD internals enough to take on that project. I think Sony now has better video chips than the Intel 815. Rob. -- The Numeric Python EM Project www.pythonemproject.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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