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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 27 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <Dp9957.1rn@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4issad$h1o@nadine.teleport.com> <4jejjt$cdb@park.uvsc.edu> <315E0F1A.4E3FB53D@lucon.org> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> <4jqpn8$euv@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 22:00:43 GMT Nick Kralevich (nickkral@america.CS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: : In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960401105810.31921A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>, : Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> wrote: : : >Why not sooner? If ELF was so great then FreeBSD would be switching : >_right now_. : : A number of *BSD developers have expressed their interest in switching : over to an ELF format. : : ELF is a better binary format than AOUT. I don't think anyone disagrees : with that. : : FreeBSD is just behind the times and backwards. I probably shouldn't respond to this troll, but.... I've found FreeBSD to be a lot more stable in environments where it was important to have a machine that would perform well under heavy loads (processor and networking). In terms of behind-the times, I'm not terribly familiar with the a.out vs. ELF debate, nor do I really care. If you're not going to be passing binaries back and forth between different OS's, it's not really an issue. Happy unixing. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451