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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: steve farrell <spfarrel@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <87g249sjwl.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 44 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <51oph4$4vj@due.unit.no> <51qa91$89o@manuel.anu.edu.au> <51sltv$p5@anorak.coverform.lan> <3245132D.2781E494@diac.com> <5255e9$ht@anorak.coverform.lan> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:41:30 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:130930 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27751 comp.infosystems.www.misc:43960 brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes: > > Paul M. Newhouse (pimin@diac.com) wrote: > : Brian Somers wrote: > > : > Oh come on ! It's a joke ! It may be worth while attempting to "prove" > : > (for example) FreeBSD against Solaris or doing similar tests, but the > : > mileage in doing such a test against NT is zero. > > : IMO, you are wrong on this, and you touch on it next with: > > : > The audience that > : > believes NT to be more equiped than unix in this respect - let alone > : > by an order of magnitude, is not the sort of audience that understands > : > "scientific" proof. > > : The audience that believes the article believes it because it is not > : refuted. They may not understand the numbers or the methodology (of > : your refutation) but, they will interpret silence as submission to the > : truth. > > [......] > > : Whether the article was produced by M$ stooge's or not is irrelevant. > : If no one refutes it NT wins by default - i.e. without ever having to > : prove it. > > You're probably right - but I find it embarrassing when it's > necessary to race a Ferarri against a Robin Reliant - just to let > "Ferarri unaware" people see that 20mph isn't the maximum speed that > a car can go. Not because of the people I'm demonstrating to, but > rather because I'll be seen by other Ferarri drivers to be wasting > my time. I guess that means it's some sort of ego thing :( Ok, > point taken, maybe it should be proven. bsdi has done some of this work for us: check out their web site, it seems all they have to say is that bsd/os is a better web server than NT, and they have the webstones, equivalent systems, etc to back it up. http://www.bsdi.com/ ---steve farrell