Subject: Re: General query about NetBSD/sparc
To: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
From: Neil J. McRae <neil@domino.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/28/1996 13:10:57
On Fri, 28 Jun 1996 10:20:20 +0100 (BST) 
 David Brownlee <david@mono.org> wrote:

> 	I'm running 1.1B on 16Mb IPX on my desk right now, and my gut
> 	feeling is its a little down on SunOS in terms of performance,
> 	and a little less reliable (YMMV). 

I'm seeing the opposite on my IPC. I just moved it from SunOS to
NetBSD and it is much more responsive. My IPX is stable so i'll wait
and see. genesis runs apache, inn, sup, named, ftp and more.

> 	On the plus side I can run SunOS & Solaris binaries, as well as
> 	native NetBSD, plus full source and many damn useful options
> 	all built in (union file systems, virtual interfaces, ppp etc).
> 
> 	NetBSD is going somewhere - its just had support for sbus & pci
> 	ATM cards added (by Chuck Craynor) - while SunOS is an end of life
> 	product, and Solaris is... well Solaris :)
> 
Indeed!

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Neil J. McRae.             Alive and Kicking.            neil@DOMINO.ORG