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From: Dennis Holmes <dholmes@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: 18 Sep 1996 05:50:07 GMT
Organization: a2i network
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In <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> Subhas Roy <subhas@pobox.com> writes:

>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.

In space, no one can hear you scream.
Corollary:  If you have no users, it doesn't matter how fast your server is.
 :)
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