> --- Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Marc G. Fournier writes: > > > > > the problem is that none of the Tier 1 > > hardware manufacturer's support > > > FreeBSD, and a growing number of places (ie. > > Adaptec / Intel) appear to be > > > dropping support for it as well ... > > > > But companies like 3Ware and Areca are > > supporting it and from what I see on > > the lists, people are voting with their money > > in their favor. > > Mainly because they had drivers that required > little modification from previous versions. Intel > has a few other things on their plate, releasing > more processors to bail out Freebsd's paltry > performance, so give them a break. > > How long are vendors supposed to wait for the > FreeBSD developers to deliver the performance > they've claimed that they can deliver? I know > several network appliance vendors all stuck on > FreeBSD 4, because 5 and 6 are a step backwards > performance-wise. Now they're saying 7 will be > the one. > > FreeBSD is the OS that cried "WOLF", and the > vendors are starting to ignore the calls. The > infrastructure is so poor (in terms of process > switching times and scheduler efficiencies), and > they seem clueless on how to fix it.
Must be a troll. FreeBSD performance is not what holds it back. It competes well with others out there. ////jerry > > DT > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
