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From: greg@trefoil.bogs.org (Greg Shenaut)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD
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Date: 22 Jan 1997 17:22:46 GMT
Organization: BOGS Research Group
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Peter da Silva (peter@nmti.com) wrote:

: More to the point, if someone wants to send me a benchmark to run, I have
: a FreeBSD box that I can boot Red Hat Linux on, with a little direct-wired
: TCP/IP subnet. I'll be happy to compare the two using your benchmark of
: choice.

I think the most useful benchmark for many people would be to measure
how long it takes to set up Quicken to pay your bills over the modem.

-Greg