Subject: Re: FreeBSD Bus DMA
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: John S. Dyson <dyson@freebsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/11/1998 22:35:03
Perry E. Metzger said:
>
> I believe that the FreeBSD camp believes (based on what evidence I
> don't know) that FreeBSD is "three times" as fast as NetBSD, and that
> NetBSD is totally unusable somehow. Given this belief system, I don't
> see what could be done to convince them to try to stay close to what
> we do.
>
The above statement is a consious lie. However, there are circumsances
where it is true. I know of NetBSD developers who also know of what
I am talking about.
The good news is that where the above statement is specifically true, is
also a very common case in the development world.
--
John | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.