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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:9087 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8020 comp.unix.misc:15581 comp.unix.bsd:15922 comp.sys.powerpc:32245 comp.sys.intel:29638 comp.os.misc:3704 comp.os.linux.misc:33542 comp.os.linux.development:22590 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4888 comp.os.386bsd.development:3034 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uop!pacbell.com!well!miwok!boom.sonic.net!pacific.net!north.pacific.net!northcoast.com!nelson From: nelson@northcoast.com (Kevin Nelson) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <nelson.124.0017B68B@northcoast.com> Lines: 54 Sender: news@pacific.net Organization: Pacific Internet X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] References: <3d8e0l$6ve@galaxy.ucr.edu> <NEWTNews.3157.788323227.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> <3dtjnh$r7u@galaxy.ucr.edu> <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com> <3ek26k$6o2@galaxy.ucr.edu> <Pine.BSI.3.91.950110181758.16297B-100000@kristina.az.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 07:42:37 GMT In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.950110181758.16297B-100000@kristina.az.com> Janet Wilks <jwilks@az.com> writes: >Xref: north.pacific.net comp.unix.sys5.r4:1169 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:1286 >comp.unix.misc:2362 comp.unix.bsd:1515 comp.sys.powerpc:11669 >comp.sys.intel:14808 comp.os.misc:515 comp.os.linux.misc:12307 >comp.os.linux.development:9687 comp.os.386bsd.misc:17 >69 comp.os.386bsd.development:664 >Path: >north.pacific.net!pacific.net!miwok!news.zeitgeist.net!news.cygnus.com!kithrup.c >om!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!ne >ws.halcyon.com!kristina.az.com!jwilks >From: Janet Wilks <jwilks@az.com> >Newsgroups: >comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys >.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.developmen >t,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development >Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? >Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 18:23:29 -0800 >Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. >Lines: 22 >Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950110181758.16297B-100000@kristina.az.com> >References: <3d8e0l$6ve@galaxy.ucr.edu> ><NEWTNews.3157.788323227.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> ><3dtjnh$r7u@galaxy.ucr.edu> <tsikesD1zwqr.7JF@netcom.com> ><3ek26k$6o2@galaxy.ucr.edu> >NNTP-Posting-Host: kristina.az.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >In-Reply-To: <3ek26k$6o2@galaxy.ucr.edu> >On 6 Jan 1995, Joe Sloan wrote: >---snip---> >> As for Alphas - it made me want to cry when a number of these beautiful >> machines arrive here saddled with NT - However, after an evaluation period, >> NT was scrubbed in favor of DEC/OSF UNIX, which resulted in approximately >> a 3-fold increase in speed, according to benchmarks run under each OS. >> (Imagine how fast linux will be on these machines) >> >> jjs >> >From my experience, Microsoft seems to have no concept for optimizing >their code. Not only do their 32-bit apps run slower than current 16-bit >MS counterparts, but my most memory-intensive windows app is none other >than Microsoft Word 6.0 for Win. It magically finds a way to suck about >45% of my Windows resource stack. All this from a word processor. Even >Photoshop 2.5 (which i use frequently) puts less of a load on my computer >(resources-wise) than Microsoft Word 6.0 for Win. And obviously they >have not done a good job giving NT any competitive speed. Microsoft >needs to start thinking about optimization. That is why NT is now on version 1.5. . . Kevin