Re: Mac OS X & Mac OS X Server

stuartc_at_mac.com (Stu Charlton) wrote in message news:<21398ab6.0402031958.28120b2f_at_posting.google.com>...
> drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<1ac7c7b3.0402030825.7590fc21_at_posting.google.com>...
>
>
> > Oracle has released ZERO products for ANY BSD distribution.
> > Not NetBSD, OpenBSD (wouldn't they want to run Trusted Oracle on
> > OpenBSD?) and not FreeBSD, with reportedly the fastest TCP/IP stack
> > out there.
>
> I can verify this. Mac OS X's Darwin core is based on FreeBSD code.
> The TCP/IP transfer rates I get are unbelievable - a 120 KB/sec
> transfer from download-east or download-west.oracle.com on a Windows
> box will hit 350+ KB/sec on my Powerbook when I set them up
> head-to-head. At first I thought it was the Gigabit Ethernet port,
> but then I used a PC with a giga port.. and saw the same results.
>
> > guess I'll never understand marketing.
>
> Larry was on Apple's board of directors for some time (no longer, I
> don't believe - Al Gore replaced him). But he's still friends with
> Steve-o, so.... there's probably a small number of people dedicated to
> making it work.
>
> From a marketing perspective, I can kind of see it as a "novelty
> platform". In the shoe store I used to work at, they had a pair of
> Snake-skinned and Ostrich-skinned cowboy boots for sale, for between
> CDN $450 to 950+. Not that anyone really ever bought a pair, maybe
> one every two or three years - but it sure drew onlookers to the boots
> area.
>
> Cheers
> Stu

good luck getting bug fixes and patchsets.

Pd Received on Wed Feb 04 2004 - 00:47:22 CST