On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:15:27 +0200 frantisek holop <min...@obiit.org> wrote:
> hmm, on Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:23:58PM +0200, Claudio Jeker said that > > like to prove. In the end many of fefe's test programs did not > > actually measure what he assumed they would. > > and he was open to get patches to remedy those problems. > > general dislike of any benchmark in the world is also part of the > openbsd culture just like some qualities of misc@ (although it's been > quite quiet lately). > > if the numbers were better, the general sentiment would > be rather different i believe. > > linux is faster in many respects (just look at zaurus) so what? > i dont use openbsd for its speed, but on the other hand i dont > downplay the importance of measuring things up and comparing it > with the others once in a while. i am sure speed in the end is > of councern, otherwise the os woudln't be in C but, whatchamacallit, > python. > > some things can be measured actually quite easily: how much content > a web server serves (not that much without sendfile()), how do the > databases perform, etc, this is all benchmark in the end, and the > programs doing the benchmarking are actually the daemons themselves. > so there, everyone is benchmarking 24/7 :] > > -f In the end it boils down to measuring the different OS on the hardware you will use for the task they should fullfill, nothing else matters in the end. - Robert
