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From: ritz@onyx.interactive.net (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
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In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Frederic G. MARAND <fgm@osinet.fr> wrote:
: Mark Hamstra <mhamstra@sullivan.bentley.com> wrote:

: >Subhas Roy wrote:
: >> 
: >> 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

: >article that includes a decision tree for web servers that only allows
: >outcomes of NT/IIS or Netscape Server and doesn't consider Apache at all

: Well, anyway, Novell claims their Web server is by far the fastest on
: the market. Apache too. I never saw Microsoft announce their product
: was the fastest, however: it's usually an approach they carefully
: avoid.

They even avoid their own products.  For a long time, if you telnetted
to www.microsoft.com, you got a BSDI prompt.  :-)  I think they may
still be using BSDI, but now they refuse telnet connections to avoid
further embarassment.  heh

I've installed web servers using a wide assortment of server products,
and NT-based servers have always been the runts of the litter in terms
of performance.

Chris

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