Sun release source code for Solaris 8

[Joerg B. Micheel]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 02:56:02PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 January 2000 at 17:42:54 -0800, Steven M. Schultz wrote:
> >> From: "Joerg B. Micheel" <joerg at begemot.org>
> >> I think, popularity of Solaris might rather be restricted by its
> >> performance. I have run Solaris x86 on my desktop for a while for
> >
> > 	Agreed.  I have run Solaris (only up thru 2.6 though) in its
> > 	"native" environment (Sun hardware) and even there the performance
> > 	is not anything one would write home about.  The difference between
> > 	SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x is dramatic in favor on the older leaner
> > 	system.
> 
> That's my experience too, but it may not be typical.  For a large
> system with a large number of processes (e.g. ftp server) the
> comparison could be very different.

That would make quite an interesting test. How much does ftp.cdrom.com
gain by running FreeBSD instead of Solaris ?

	Joerg
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