Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:34:53 -0700 From: Bill Swingle <unfurl@dub.net> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Benchmarks Message-ID: <19990414123453.A64067@dub.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904141517130.29587-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>; from Seth on Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 03:21:36PM -0400 References: <XFMail.990414204955.asmodai@wxs.nl> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904141517130.29587-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org>
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The interesting thing thing about this test is that it provides 'evidence' to refute all the major advantages of open source software. It's almost like they were trying _too_ hard to get exactly these results. -Bill On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 03:21:36PM -0400, Seth wrote: > [ Please -- if you choose to reply to this, just post to -advocacy. Take > my name off it; I'll see it when it hits the list. Thanks! SB ] > > Just something that was posted to #freebsd yesterday. I think it's pretty > interesting for a couple reasons I'll mention below: > > http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html > > > Summary: Windows NT outperforms Linux Red Hat in ease-of-install, web > benchmarks, and file server benchmarks (using samba). > > What's hidden in here is that Microsoft sponsored this test (paid > Mindcraft to do it, I guess). > > Something I found interesting. There was a post a while back that > suggested that Microsoft would not allow benchmarks of its own products to > be posted by 3rd parties. Did I misread this? If not, it seems mighty > unfair of them to post benchmarks only when it's in their interest to do > so. > > I wonder how FreeBSD would stack up in these tests. > > > Enjoy... > > SB > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- -=| Bill Swingle - <unfurl@dub.net> -=| "I hate quotations." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -=| FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! - http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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