Re: Why Linux is doomed (was: Re: FENRIS (nwfs) 1.4.2 Source Code Available)

Jeff Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.com)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:59:22 -0600


Everything.

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: Massoud Asgharifard <asghari@linux.ce.sharif.ac.ir>
To: Jeff Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com>
Cc: Thomas Pornin <pornin@bolet.ens.fr>; <leitner@convergence.de>;
<linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Why Linux is doomed (was: Re: FENRIS (nwfs) 1.4.2 Source Code
Available)

>
>
> On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Jeff Merkey wrote:
>
> >
> > FYI. When you do type "make" on the Windows NT source tree, it takes
almost
> > 38 hours for it to complete on a 4-way 400 Mhz PII System, as opposed to
> > about 5 minutes on Linux. Linux is not Doomed!!!!!!
> >
> > STOP IT!!!!
> >
> > Jeff
> >
>
> It this 38 Hour compile time due to the kernel (core of NT) only? or all
> of utilities/Shell extensions/etc? How about Linux?
> ( I myself remember that compiled FreeBSD 2.2.5 on itself overnight on a
> P5/233, 40MbRam...)
> --masu
> "Massoud Asgharifard"
>
>
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