On 2 November 2010 13:59, Marvin Addison <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
This text has been there for ages, and is probably not relevant now. Thanks for reporting it. > Marvin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
