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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?] Message-ID: <hastyCzJ32n.DBn@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <BENJY.94Nov15074901@blackjack.ai.mit.edu> <JKH.94Nov15045849@freefall.cdrom.com> <CzEH7K.CMA@ridgecrest.ca.us> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 18:51:59 GMT Lines: 19 In article <CzEH7K.CMA@ridgecrest.ca.us> gspiegel@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us (Greg Spiegelberg) writes: > >Well, it has been said that running a binary compiled on a [1234]86 on >a Pentium is inefficient so it would be better to recompile if you >were on a Pentium. > Partly true, if the application is I/O bound the overall gain is not that significant. My binaries are pretty much compiled for the 486 however for applications such as povray is compiled for the the Pentium. Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, netaudio, tcl/tk, MIME, midi,sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant Home: (415) 495-3046 e-mail hasty@netcom.com