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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!zdc!zdc-e!szdc-e!news From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TCP latency Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 12:02:10 -0500 Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine Lines: 26 Message-ID: <31E92812.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <31E106AF.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4rvmtf$ven@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> <31E3D9E2.41C67EA6@dyson.iquest.net> <4s5bl2$qpg@linux.cs.Helsinki.FI> <31E664EB.167EB0E7@inuxs.att.com> <4s67sk$oa9@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E6B8AB.3E6C@indy.celebration.net> <4s7j2r$blf@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E79738.1D1E@cet.co.jp> <4s8piu$f6p@fido.asd.sgi.com> <31E7FB69.167EB0E7@dyson.iquest.net> <4safns$3i7@holocron.odc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.networking:45180 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:4038 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23543 George Henry C. Daswani wrote: > > John S. Dyson (toor@dyson.iquest.net) wrote: > : Larry McVoy wrote: > : > : > > : The biggest problem that I have is NOT with the numbers, but with the > : conclusions associated with the numbers. For example, you run a > : test on a P6-200 with Linux and P5-133 with FreeBSD. Because the > : Linux runs are faster than FreeBSD, does NOT MEAN that the Linux kernel > : is better (faster) than the FreeBSD kernel. All you can say is that the > : faster machine ran the BENCHMARKS on Linux faster than the slower > : machine ran the BENCHMARKS on FreeBSD. > : > > My dong is bigger than his ding-dong. Shit, get over it people. > > Isn't it time for this Linux vs FreeBSD thread to finish? > Please don't associate the Dong-size measurements with me. It it I who is concerned about the misinformation associated with it. BTW, the thread was pretty much done, what was the value in the additional posting? I don't expect any futher postings. John