Subject: Re: Benchmark NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Linux
To: Alan Post <apost@recalcitrant.org>
From: David Maxwell <david@crlf.net>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 10/21/2003 18:16:03
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:01:42PM +0000, Alan Post wrote:
> In article <20031021084815.A14030@mail.bcpl.net>, Webmaster Jim wrote:
> >
> > It is not all bad news; the site says:
> >
> > Please note that NetBSD was the only BSD that never crashed or
> > panicked on me, so it gets favourable treatment for that.
>
> Yeah, but don't get too excited: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux 2.6 were
> all unstable versions. I'll leave the Linux 2.4 flames for other
> people. :)
You failed to note that he updated to FreeBSD-current because FreeBSD
stable crashed on him, and OpenBSD current because the OpenBSD release
had significant performance issues.
--
David Maxwell, david@vex.net|david@maxwell.net --> Mastery of UNIX, like
mastery of language, offers real freedom. The price of freedom is always dear,
but there's no substitute. Personally, I'd rather pay for my freedom than live
in a bitmapped, pop-up-happy dungeon like NT. - Thomas Scoville