12 Dec
2001
12 Dec
'01
7:42 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
Oh yes, most definitely...I run NetBSD in production
at a number of
sites, and it's wonderful. I only mentioned Linux specifically
because we were specifically discussing Linux. While I like Linux a
LOT, I don't consider it production-ready enough to bet my dinner on
it.
Windows/Linux both need several meg to run. 32 bit addressing is the
killer here. The 386+ is optimized for 8 bit or 32 bit addressing.
Guess what gets used the most.
Now Give me OS/9, that was easy on memory.
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