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Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Martin Nisshagen
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 10:45
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Chad Irby wrote:

> > I don't think it's very fair to compare a utility who shares files from
> > a hd to users on a network with Unix computers who has many users who
> > actually run applications on them (it's usually when you run applications
> > with errors that some not-so-good OS'es crashes). 
> ...and, again, that wasn't the point.  The original comment was that a Mac
> wouldn't be able to run for any length of time while doing *anything*.

Nope. Dan posted some uptime numbers for multiuser Solaris servers to show
people that Unix most often is a very stable OS capable of handling
multiple users at a long time whithout a single crash.

You replied to Dan's posting by telling a story of a Mac being used for
serving some files to a local mac network. 

I replied by saying that I don't think that's a good comparison.

Like it or not, that's still my opinion.
 
> A print/file server, while not a heavy-duty job, is definitely something.

I agree that it's something, but it's still not the same thing as running
multiple users on a Solaris machine.

Best regards,

m a r t i n  n

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 11:45:32 +0100
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