Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 06:32:05 +1000 From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Philip Rust <prust@NEWLIFE.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: check out this article Message-ID: <19990415063205.D20607@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <61C26502785FD111BFD300805FCB59127D675B@EMAIL> References: <61C26502785FD111BFD300805FCB59127D675B@EMAIL>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 at 15:02:14 -0500, Philip Rust wrote: > Hey, I was wondering if I could get a response from you guys about > this link. I know that it does not talk about FreeBSD, but Red Hat > Linux instead, but I see it as relavent to the Unix and open source > community in general. For example, I have been telling my boss the > good things about FreeBSD and open source and Linux (hey, I'd rather > use Linux than NT), and so he shows me this article as to why he > wouldn't be open to any kind of free Unix. So what do you guys think > about this: here's the link: > > http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html > > I mean, is there some kind of flaw or technical bias in this article? I don't know.. the testing was sponsored by Microsoft themselves. Now I'm not saying that there is, but given their business practices I wouldn't be totally shocked. Btw, doesn't Microsoft get pissed and threaten lawsuits if people publish results of NT benchmarks? Oh wait, I guess that doesn't apply to ones they sponsor (wonder who's gonna come out on top in those?) ;) IMO, the only way I'd believe those results is if I was standing in the lab watching it. Other than that, as I said.. given Microsoft's business practices, I wouldn't weigh to heavily on any test results sponsored by them. Just my $0.02. -- Jim Mock System Administrator jim@corp.au.triax.com ,-._|\ FreeBSD work: Triax Internet Services http://www.triax.com/ / \ The personal: http://www.triax.com/~jim/ \_,--._/ Power To The FreeBSD 'zine http://www.freebsdzine.org/ v Serve! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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