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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!uct.ac.za!quagga.ru.ac.za!howland.erols.net!news2.digex.net!news1.digex.net!news.BLaCKSMITH.com!root From: leo@BLaCKSMITH.com (Leo Turetsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems Date: 11 Sep 1996 23:09:37 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <517grh$t94@BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <511n1j$3hs@verdi.nethelp.no> Reply-To: leo@blacksmith.com NNTP-Posting-Host: sparcplug.blacksmith.com Steinar Haug writes > [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 As a UNIX professional I would have to agree with your above claim. I wouldn't (and don't) want or like to administer anything but machines running NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. -- +---------------------+---------------------------------+ | Leo Turetsky | BLaCKSMITH, Inc. (NeXTmail OK) | | leo@blacksmith.com | OPENSTEP Systems Administrator | +---------------------+---------------------------------+ | Nah-ne kah-sah tahng-tah? <esp> Leo, your mom called. | +-------------------------------------------------------+