I was browsing through the JMeter manual today, and the following statement on http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/usermanual/boss.html surprised me:
"Good free platforms include the linuxes, the BSDs, and Solaris Intel. If you have a little more money, there are commercial linuxes. If you can justify it, a commercial Unix (Solaris, etc) is probably the best choice." (section 17.3) While I wholeheartedly disagree with the third sentence, if it is to remain it needs qualification. Anyone familiar with Java on Linux would have understood limitations on ancient 2.2 kernels with regard to multithreading, but Java has first-class support on modern "free" Unix platforms like FreeBSD and Linux. I'm not aware of any advantage in the Solaris implementation of Java that would make it a preferable environment for JMeter testing over Linux or FreeBSD. Frankly I don't believe there is a relevant distinction in this case, but perhaps I'm ignorant and there are justifiable reasons. I hope you will consider either adding justification for Solaris/commercial Unixes or removing the platform endorsement. Marvin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
