From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 15 3: 6: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8BBD14DC6 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 03:06:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10XizO-000O4k-00; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:03:18 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Neil Blakey-Milner Reply-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: Ulf Zimmermann , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NT4 server 2.5 times faster than Linux In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:56:54 GMT." <19990415115654.A8721@rucus.ru.ac.za> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:03:18 +0200 Message-ID: <92549.924170598@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:56:54 GMT, Neil Blakey-Milner wrote: > This is the problem with independent labs doing in-house testing of > products they know and have tested before (NT), versus something they > can sorta work out from documentation, and poorly at that (Linux). As a vendor, you really need something like this on your web page: "If you'd like to benchmark this Operating System against another, please feel free to contact XXX_sucker_XXX to arrange for co-pilot assistance in your endeavours." Of course, that's a pipe-dream for all but the most financially prosperous ventures, for reasons unworthy of discussion anywhere but freebsd-chat, if at all. :-) Ciao,l Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message