From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 22 01:06:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23851106566B for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesthefishy@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21088FC12 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so551331yxe.3 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:06:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id :disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=wR/DRMVe2O/bsXOZ19vnmEO1ki0MLPbz9xeFYNMpu+4=; b=invG8pzjrCMMnIS0CvFd66dkCIpRKATAROPJoTMAJVacz65vIgA3b2vZoko2u8/C7F rmn0lMINIfer4LLn1b62mo8sD6pRhSeW0d+n50Kqu/gaD6uSW/4Bk+gSgNLO86vp3DHK dwOHRJFq4UJUgZYGMcLVayc5Vnqk2+XHz8LuY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent :mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=NOWst1thK1KnNeNduKRNV36GU8wdeVKWhTdzzHJqC40kh1SIOvGURoQcd2BUTR4HHM spcuLq7MnJvhnQKtXEvSpkqLl+AGFgmzU5SenhjN1Fgcn29H7l/U+e0f2ZzpRp39rG/N bCnu6AQyWvgvo1OVlahVfGIdRtgukNrJWPuNQ= Received: by 10.151.88.10 with SMTP id q10mr3180527ybl.191.1264122369941; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:06:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from kapoca.mjbrune.org (c-98-203-159-70.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [98.203.159.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm1245700iwn.4.2010.01.21.17.06.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:06:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B58FA04.3010403@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:06:12 -0800 From: james michael User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090706) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Programmer In Training References: <4B58AC75.3090100@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <4B58AC75.3090100@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Win2k X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:06:11 -0000 Programmer In Training wrote: > The FreeBSD os comparison[0] mentioned in the subject line is woefully > out of date. Where would I go to bug someone about a newer one? I'm > telling a (relatively) minted geek friend of mine who wants benchmarks > and stats on FreeBSD vs. Windows XP (and when 7 is supposedly ready for > prime time, that too). > > Keeping something like this up-to-date is definitely would make it a > good talking point (with such marketing comparisons kept archived for > reference) for FreeBSD advocacy. > > [0]: http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html > Well murray Stokely made the first one. http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/ the first one was originally posted to http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html but I would even be willing to make a FreeBSD 7.2 vs Linux Debian Lenny vs Windows XP or Windows 7. Although Windows XP still holds most the windows market.