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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!n1van.istar!van.istar!west.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!gateway.qnx.com!not-for-mail From: doug@qnx.com (Doug Santry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 31 Mar 1997 14:46:21 -0500 Organization: QNX Software Systems Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5hp4ad$64t@qnx.com> References: <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> <5hlju0$ftk$1@news.belwue.de> <5hmlnk$c3m@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gateway.qnx.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38199 In article <5hmlnk$c3m@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Dong Lin <donglin@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >In article <5hlju0$ftk$1@news.belwue.de>, > schweikh@rubin.noc.dfn.de (Jens Schweikhardt) wrote: > >># What *significant* things can UNIX do that NT4 or 95 can't? Gee, abstract every device on the system to block or characters files so that *all* devices from the network to raw access of a device are done with the same easy calls. Handle over 500 ftp users or hundereds of logged in users with full easy security out of the box. I can't even bother listing it all. And if you can say '95 and Unix in the same breath, well, clearly we just live on different worlds. >You can't currently write multithreading applications on FreeBSD. Windows NT:microkernel vs. >FreeBSD's monolithic. Ugh! NT is not a micro-kernel! At the 1992 USENIX "Microkernels and other kernel architectures" conference, Dave Cutler emphatically stated that NT was not a microkernel OS and belonged in the "other" category. What features of NT make it uk? >>Ah! Flamebait! Let's go: >> >>What NT can't? Come with complete source? For free? >> > >Have you been reading the source lately? Everyday pretty much! DJS