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From: Subhas Roy <subhas@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 12:24:29 -0400
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
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A ZDnet article says in the web page
http://www.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/fea1096/sub4.html#jump2
that Windows NT-based servers run much faster (as much as 13
times) when client counts are low.

Is that possible? Anybody wants to comment on the
article's claim?