Subject: Re: FreeBSD Bus DMA
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: John S. Dyson <dyson@freebsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/12/1998 00:20:14
Perry E. Metzger said:
>
> "John S. Dyson" writes:
> > Perry E. Metzger said:
> > > "John S. Dyson" writes:
> > > > > John, I've never seen any honest benchmark numbers for FreeBSD/i386
> > > > > vs. NetBSD/i386, much less for FreeBSD/Alpha vs. NetBSD/Alpha. I
> > > > > doubt you have either, or they'd be up on your web site and you'd be
> > > > > pointing us to the URL.
> > > >
> > > > I don't post benchmarks, sorry :-).
> > >
> > > You don't, or won't because the results do not back up your comments?
> >
> > I don't. It is a promise that I made to myself a long time
> > ago, and I happen to at least try to keep such promises.
>
> In other words, long ago you decided to slander people without being
> willing to present any evidence of any sort to back yourself up?
>
> > To try to force me is very dishonorable.
>
> I thought that posting slanderous assertions without proof was
> dishonorable, but I guess I'm just confused.
>
Please apologize to me about your lies.
It is not slander to make and report on an observation. Please
apologize to me about calling such observations slander.
--
John | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig.