*BSD News Article 81894


Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:06:56 GMT
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Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
From: Tim Hawkins <timh@lootlon.loot.co.uk>
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> As much as I hate NT I have to say this. Every NT specific server
> uses threads. It's inherent in NT and so it's very easy to make use
> of. And, I'm going to guess that the reasont that OS/2 was mentioned
> is because it, too, uses threads natively, including it's HTTP
> servers.
> 

Microsoft also introduced a new type of thread called a "Fibre", this 
is even lighter that a standard thread and will context switch faster. 
MS IIS will use these, which is why IIS needs a minimum of SP4 to run. 
The API for Fibre's was published at the same time.