Re: Unices are created equal, but ...

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 09:16:13 +0300 (EET DST)


On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, John S. Dyson wrote:
>
> How's about maintaining competition, and working to make the respective
> U**X clone better competitively. Competition helps keep each party
> honest!!!

I'd be nervous about the benchmarks used. It's too easy to optimize for a
specific set of circumstances, and getting blind to the "larger picture".
But with a reasonable selection of benchmarks, this might not be a bad
idea.

Linus