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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.voicenet.com!news From: The Notorious B.S.D. (The Notorious B.S.D.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:39:58 GMT Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Lines: 38 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4d4s3u$u3@news.voicenet.com> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4crnbe$8a@olympus.nwnet.net> <4cs2kn$kfg@cynic.portal.ca> <4cu7t0$mg5@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <4cv8j1$59k@park.uvsc.edu> <4cvjpk$rpf@durban.vector.co.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: philly306.voicenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1794 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1911 comp.unix.solaris:56203 comp.unix.aix:67870 gavin@durban.vector.co.za (Gavin Maltby) wrote: >No developer looks at Solaris 2 and say "I am glad none of those >features are in SunOS 4". i do! from a development standpoint, cramming in more features guarantees slower performance, and more !BUGS! >OK so having to use the SVID etc in >development might not be what everyone would love, but I suspect >that a lot of people like the BSD enviroment just because that is >what they *know* and they refuse to adapt and learn the intracies >of the new interface. naw, i've used both about an equal amount. While SVR4 looks good in the manpages, it gets SMOKED by the rock-steady performance of BSD. >Solaris = SVR4 + a lot of features! gee, great...see my first comment. >What you are really bitter about >is that BSD style UNIX did not win out or reach critical mass over >SVR4. That's something you just have to deal with---it happened and >isn't about to unravel. by your logic, MS-DOS is great simply because enough pinheads lined up behind the IBM name and bought, right? and now, you say SVR4.* is great because another bunch of dopes saw the AT&T logo and opened their wallets (Sun, and lots of others) i think i'm beginning to see your point....NOT!