From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 3 22:05:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA29998 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:05:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA29989 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 22:05:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA25520; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:59:22 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604040629.PAA25520@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Freebsd Vs. Linux To: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:59:21 +0930 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <96Apr3.203221pst.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from "Bill Fenner" at Apr 3, 96 08:32:10 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bill Fenner stands accused of saying: > > In message <199604040039.TAA06690@etinc.com> dennis wrote: > >Your tests are seriously defective. ... you either have > >the FreeBSD system all hosed up or your test isn't testing much. > > This is the second message that I've seen like this -- come on, folks, > Karen was asking for help, she wasn't attacking FreeBSD. Why are we > attacking her instead of trying to provide help? This is exactly how > to make people switch OS's. Well, if she said "I did this and FreeBSD's performance was unexpectedly bad", rather than "we did some tests and FreeBSD sucks", there would probably have been a plethora of messages saying "this is your problem". As it is, without any hard information from the other end, what else is there to say? > Bill -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[