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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.cc.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news1.best.com!news.idiom.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!ennui From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Network Performance Date: 7 Jul 1997 15:11:19 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 23 Message-ID: <5prpi7$1mh$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <slrn5qngmn.ie2.jlc@mass-pc.wpi.edu> <33BB878E.15FB7483@rockhead.com> <5ph6lh$3ee$1@flea.best.net> <33BC5BFB.59E2B600@rockhead.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ennui.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44080 In article <33BC5BFB.59E2B600@rockhead.com>, Paul Newhouse <newhouse~spam@rockhead.com> wrote: >Matt Dillon wrote: >>Why should we throw away good money alpha-testing microsoft software ? >You just can't look at this correctly. You are not throwing away your >money. You are researching the industry in order to find the best >"stuff" for your company to invest in. Yo want to evaluate the >available by "just knowing". Management won't buy that for long. >It's apain in the neck but, it holds up. Maybe your management is interested in doing research. It seems to me, however, that most companies would instead prefer to have someone who knows what she's doing pick something which works. It's not like you're picking bleeding-edge technology here. If the suits want benchmarks for server OSes, you've got a bigger problem on hand than Microsoft. rone -- rone's rules: Ron Echeverri - I don't care. Systems/Usenet Administration - It's not important. Best Internet Communications - Leave me alone. rone@best.net