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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!uknet!ftel.co.uk!I.G.Batten From: I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk (Ian G Batten) Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: doctor-seuss.ftel.co.uk Message-ID: <DL29Az.Ax2@ftel.co.uk> Sender: igb@doctor-seuss.ftel.co.uk (RFC931) Organization: Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4cu7t0$mg5@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <4cv8j1$59k@park.uvsc.edu> <4d37d4$j0l@gremlin.backfire.mn.org> Distribution: inet Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:06:34 GMT Lines: 23 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1796 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1913 comp.unix.solaris:56225 comp.unix.aix:67887 In article <4d37d4$j0l@gremlin.backfire.mn.org>, Charles <charles@backfire.mn.org> wrote: > Regardless of whether or not you like Solaris, the fact is that Sun is > pushing it very very hard, and if you don't learn it, you'll be sitting > in the unemployment line with your 4.x skills, right behind those VMS > people who refused to learn Unix. The usual claim is that SunOS 4 is ``faster''. Just before I deleted my SunOS 4.1.2 and SunOS 4.1.3 trees from /export on our Auspex (*) I tried a few local jobs on a diskless 16M ELC running 4.1.2 and a diskless 16M ELC running 2.5. The 2.5 gadget came in 10% or so faster on a wide range of things. I am also heartily amused that the ``SunOS 4 is marvellous, what's this 5 crap?'' arguments are word for word identical to the abuse heaped on SunOS 4 relative to SunOS 3. ian