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From: sthaug@nethelp.no (Steinar Haug)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems
Date: 09 Sep 1996 18:18:27 GMT
Organization: Nethelp Consulting, Trondheim, Norway
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[Stephen Haworth]

|   For the casual Unix user, Linux on a PC would probably be fine.  For a
|   UNIX professional, you can't beat Solaris on an Ultra-Sparc.  There
|   are MANY other considerations other than some random speed tests run
|   on a PC.  How about security, scalability, and robustness of the OS??

I think the many Unix professionals who run their systems on Intel, DEC,
HP, SGI etc would disagree with you.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no