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From: ngps@darkwing.pacific.net.sg (Ng Pheng Siong)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems
Date: 13 Sep 1996 06:25:59 GMT
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References: <aak2.842008017@Isis.MsState.Edu> <50ruo5$6kd@white.schulung.netuse.de>
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In article <50ruo5$6kd@white.schulung.netuse.de>,
Kristian =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6hntopp?=  <kris@schulung.netuse.de> wrote:
>Well, there is "A Performance Comparison of UNIX Operating
>Systems on the Pentium" by Kevin Lai and Mary Baker, Dept. of
>Computer Science, Standford University.
>{laik,mgbaker}@plastique.standford.edu or
>http://mosquitonet.standford.edu.
>
>The discussion of their findings in USENET was somewhat
>controversial.

Just read that paper in Usenix's proceedings. Missed the Usenet flamewars, alas.
When was that, in which groups, may I ask?

Cheers.

- PS
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