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Date:      Sat, 9 Feb 2008 02:17:57 -0800
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        <doug@fledge.watson.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Some ideas for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCEEGACFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080208131809.F12870@fledge.watson.org>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
> doug@safeport.com
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 10:53 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Some ideas for FreeBSD
> 
> 
> Swapping systems may have performed better when thrashing started 
> because they 
> had lots of controls to say who (or what type of workload) got 
> screwed when 
> memory was scarce.

:-)

I think it was more something of the times - back then, it was
"Look Ma, the elephant can dance!"

Today, it's more along the lines of "which elephant dances the best?"

Ted




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