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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2568 comp.os.linux.misc:16958 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!oxuniv!oxuniv!nntp Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: One downsmanship (Was:Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)) Message-ID: <1994Jun14.201135.23708@oxvaxd> From: u92drb@ecs.ox.ac.uk (Daniel Barlow) Date: 14 Jun 94 20:11:31 GMT References: <2spm91$1b2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <hart.770900967@apanix.apana.org.au> <Cr2JxG.9v5@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory Nntp-Posting-Host: booth5.ecs Lines: 22 In article <Cr2JxG.9v5@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> rdm@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Rob Masters) writes: >In <hart.770900967@apanix.apana.org.au> hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart) writes: >>peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) writes: >>>-- Peter, who first used UNIX on an 11/70 that supported 65 users in 2MB RAM, >>> and still supports Xenix systems that'll run 10 users in 1MB. > >>-- Leigh, who first used UNIX on an 11/34 that supported 12 users in 128k RAM, >> and still runs FreeBSD on a 386sx-16/6mb :-) >>-- > >Who first used UNIX on an 11/23 with 16 users in 128k Ram, runs FreeBSD on a >386sx-25/4Mb and /still/ supports a Xenix 286 system that handles 16 users >in 1MB! Ay, we 'ad to get up at ten pm, four hours afore we went to bed, clean the lake with our tongues, ... Apologies to anyone who actually *can* quote the stuff exactly Daniel "and you try telling that to young people today"