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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 06:04:49 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com>
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Craig Shrimpton wrote:
> 
> In article <48ajsj$f5p@galaxy.ucr.edu>,
> 
> >
> >They are both bitchen.
> >
> I think FreeBSD excels in fast networking and I/O activity but I think it
> makes a terrible Web server or shell machine.  Linux is more suitable for
> interactive type work but blows as a network router.

May I ask by which data you came to your conclusions?
-- 
						Jordan