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From: golds@fjc.GOV (golds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: comparison of free unix software?
Message-ID: <644@fjcp60.GOV>
Date: 20 May 94 14:54:52 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Organization: Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.
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I am not trying to initiate a flame war, just gather some facts.  I am
curious about the differences between the free unix products, including:
-- what kinds of boards and buses they support
-- their relative stability
-- the size of their user groups and distribution
-- relative performance on
------ compute intensive tasks
------ multi-user load with many context switches
------ disk intensive tasks
-- support for DOS and/or Windows without reboot?
-- and any other differences which would have an obvious impact on
   the user as opposed to the developer/maintainer

Has anybody done a feature matrix comparing these operating systems?
Thanks.

-- 
Rich Goldschmidt: uunet!fjcp60!golds or golds@teo.ao.gov
Commercialization of space is the best way to escape the zero-sum economy.
Disclaimer: I don't speak for the government, and it doesn't speak for me...