Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Eduardo Kaftanski) | Subject | Re: real kernel bloat | Date | 26 Jun 1996 18:36:20 -0400 |
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In article <199606251135.LAA14085@magneton-ra.swmed.edu>, Alex Krimkevich <alex@magneton-ra.swmed.edu> wrote: >almost anything. It is true that DEC's kernel is several Megs in size, >but don't forget it is capable of much more than Linux is, and, >arguably, will ever be. The lacking capabilities are of no concern >to most people, however the truth remains: Digital UNIX is a better >multitasking, multiuser OS than Linux. I am no DEC's or Sun's fan, >but let's be honest - there is no way that a group of people, most >of who hold daytime jobs, can compete with the multibillion >corporations, which employ some of the best minds on this planet.
This way of thinking is exactly why I love to reformat alphas from DECunix to Linux and PCs from SCO to Linux... I always love it when administrators realise Linux runs better...
Ok.. so I am biased... I have been working with linux since 0.98.something and seen the University's Sparcs crash and crash... I then got to see the new Alphas that replaced the Sparcs having a 'shutdown -r now' running every night from crontab to keep the memory leakers from exausting the VM.
I finally got out of University and managed to get the local Digital reps (for whom I work now) give me an AS 200 to run Linux on it and be so pleased I now have 4 AXP in their ISP serving pages, running harvest and other stuff... I even managed to get out of the Ciscos and replaced them with PCs, Linux and Emerging Tech. cards...
I love Linux, I get my income supporting it and will continue to do so...
Have a nice day (and sorry for turning this into advocacy but could not resist...)
PS.
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