Re: Cacheflow vs. Squid

From: Chris Owen <listsonly@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 16:53:07 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Michael Pelletier wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, B. Richardson wrote:
>
> > I did find a blurb on their page about squid always fetching an
> > object from the server on the second cache hit to insure that it
> > is fresh, and that their nifty algorithm determined if it needed
> > to be refreshed based on usage patterns.
> [...]
> > Something we keep hearing from this and other vendors, is that the
> > "guy" that wrote squid now works for them.
>
> I'm trying to figure out why they feel they have to *lie* to promote
> their product. I guess Microsoft has established a well-respected
> tradition, eh?

Even worse, I keep getting emails from them that basically say "everyone
that we switch from squid say that squid sucks, have you found that it
sucks in your installation?". Like badmouthing squid is the way to get on
my good side.

Chris

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