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Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD



Kenneth Scharf <scharkalvin@yahoo.com> writes:
| There already has been feedback on the web (and this list) about this. 
| It does appear that a great effort was made to pull all the stops out
| in configuring NT, and little care was given to setting up Linux.  IE:
| use of a kerenl with know network bugs, none of apache's optimizations
| turned on...
| 
| --- Rick Macdonald <rickm@home.com> wrote:
| > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
| > 
| > > Well it finally happened.  Microsoft has paid
| > someone off to fix a
| > > benchmark showing that Windows NT is actually
| > better than linux.
| > > 
| > >
| > http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html
| > 
| > This doesn't look good. Are the results cooked or
| > flawed, or the
| > configuration not optimal? Or is it true?

You guys need to read your Slashdot (http://slashdot.org). I've heard
that this particular "benchmark" was commissioned by Microsoft. Anyone
who pays attention to a benchmark commissioned by one of the
interested parties deserves what they get.

Gary


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