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From: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (TOM BETZ)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Comparison of 386 Unixes
Summary: See "MIPS Magazine"
Message-ID: <9328@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 89 21:13:50 GMT
References: <4160@stiatl.UUCP> <717@pcrat.UUCP> <2354@van-bc.UUCP>
Reply-To: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (TOM BETZ)
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Quoth sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne) in <2354@van-bc.UUCP>:
|In article <717@pcrat.UUCP> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
|>In article <4160@stiatl.UUCP> todd@stiatl.UUCP (Todd Merriman) writes:
|>>This month's "UNIX Today" magazine (March 20 issue) has a review
|>>of the four major 386 Unixes.
|
|>I wouldn't put much stock in the compiler benchmarks that were
|>run in that issue.  The tested hardware configuration had
|>mixed speed memory - some 16 and some 32 bit (gag!).  The
|
|
|Yes, I was very disappointed with that article. His results didn't jive with
|my experience's at all. Also I'm not to sure I believed some of his facts
|(like pricing).
|

For a much better comparison, see the recent issue of MIPS
Magazine (April?  May?  I don't have it at hand...) wherein all
currently available 386 *NIXs are compared using a much more
consistent environment and test suite.

I like this magazine better with every issue... anyone who is
seriously involved with 80386 or better computing should be
reading it.

Standard Disclaimer: I buy my copy like everyone else, your
MIPS may vary.



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