OT: Re: Bang for the Buck, comparing Celerons to Xeons (and PIIIs?)

[Stephen Zander]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan DuBoff <maestro@softorchestra.com> writes:
    Alan> Yes, but on Solaris I believe the kernel is dual threaded,
    Alan> so it can kick those off anyway. The Solaris kernel has the
    Alan> ability to create system and user threads if I'm not
    Alan> mistaken.

As of Solaris 7, everything is a thread: kernel activity, user
processes, it's all the same.

No guesses for how I make a living. :)

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