Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 15:48:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Benchmarks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904141547190.29765-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <19990414123453.A64067@dub.net>
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A rebuttal (interesting analysis): http://lwn.net/1999/features/MindCraft.phtml If one were to believe lwn's article, it seems that MindCraft either wasn't really playing fair, or didn't know how to perform apples-to-apples tests. SB On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Bill Swingle wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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