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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu!Nuxi.com!not-for-mail From: obrien@Nuxi.com (David E. O'Brien) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: TCP latency Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 17 Jul 1996 08:23:09 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4si7td$cta@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <4paedl$4bm@engnews2.eng.sun.com> <4sactc$fd5@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4sbpim$f4i@mercury.mcs.com> <4sc2lk$d3l@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4sg7ho$brs@Mercury.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:55683 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:23817 Leslie Mikesell (les@MCS.COM) wrote: : That is, it is the combination of apps/OS that is important by the time : you actually do anything. Most people don't have the expertise to tune : a generic kernel for their intended use. Even Windows NT appears to be : so difficult to tune that it is shipped in workstation/server editions. You are alittle off with your Windows NT attack. I hate NT myself, but to accurate... NT server has conciderable functionality added to the basic workstation version. This includes the ability to be a Domain Controler (aka NIS+ish master), Apple talk file server, file server to > 8 clients, and more I don't remember. And yes, the kernel is also tuned toward being a server vs. a desktop workstation. -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)