FreeBSD has some of the worst multiple processor thread support of all the
linuxes, although it's IO if I remember well is pretty good.

"Do not criticize someone until you walked a mile in their shoes, that way
when you criticize them, you are a mile a way and have their shoes."

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I was thinking more along the lines of FreeBSD as optimal cost/benefit
ratio.  Now, if you can throw the Winders gui over a freeBSD codebase...
Oh, wait, there is Mac OS...

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX


Christopher Spence wrote:
> 
> Not everyone can throw money/hardware at an OS's deficiencies.
>         Os deficiencies?  It takes $60,000 server to run Solaris OK.  
> In NT you get the same performance at about $5,000.  Most of the 
> deficiences are to the poor performance of the intel processor in 
> comparison to the 64bit risc counterparts.  Till you hit around 
> $100,000 or more, do you see the real advantages of the unix platform.
> 
> Christopher R. Spence
> Oracle DBA

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