On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Mike Frisch wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> 	I have been subscribed to this list for a while now, but haven't
> really been paying attention as of late.  I am currently running SunOS
> 4.1.3_U1 on my SPARCstation IPC and would like to upgrade to NetBSD/sparc
> sometime in the future. 
> 
> 	I am curious to know where NetBSD/sparc stands in comparison to
> stability and performance of SunOS 4.1.3_U1.  I am running a small UUCP
> news/email feed, INN serving news on my local LAN, X, and some other
> fairly large apps (ie. emacs) right now.  Could I install NetBSD/sparc and
> expect performance similar (or better) to that of SunOS with about the
> same reliability? 
> 
	I'm running 1.1B on 16Mb IPX on my desk right now, and my gut
	feeling is its a little down on SunOS in terms of performance,
	and a little less reliable (YMMV). 

> 	On another note, does NetBSD/sparc support virtual interfaces?  
> This would definitely influence my decision to run NetBSD on my Sun.
> 
	On the plus side I can run SunOS & Solaris binaries, as well as
	native NetBSD, plus full source and many damn useful options
	all built in (union file systems, virtual interfaces, ppp etc).

	NetBSD is going somewhere - its just had support for sbus & pci
	ATM cards added (by Chuck Craynor) - while SunOS is an end of life
	product, and Solaris is... well Solaris :)

                   David/abs             (david@mono.org)

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