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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!hookup!news.nstn.ca!ott.istar!istar.net!tor.istar!east.istar!news From: Chris Tyler <CTyler@Oxford.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: 20 Sep 1996 15:53:46 GMT Organization: Global Proximity Corporation Lines: 13 Message-ID: <51uema$nd3@nr1.toronto.istar.net> References: <323ED0BD.222CA97F@pobox.com> <323EE2A3.2C23B8A2@sullivan.bentley.com> <51kn0h$1i1@newsbr.eunet.fr> <DxzAw5.EEG@interactive.net> <32413ece.157716099@news6.erols.com> <32414673.3BEF@metrosol.demon.co.uk> <51pog8$1gj@newsbr.eunet.fr> <Dy0K58.MLv@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <32423719.6904CE4@julia.de> <51qu62$3n2@newsbr.eunet.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: burgessville-130.oxford.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i586) To: "Frederic G. MARAND" <fgm@osinet.fr> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:130313 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27602 comp.infosystems.www.misc:43835 Frederic G. MARAND wrote: > This is when the measurement gets significant. Think of the load on > servers like altavista or lycos..these perform database access and > compose pags on the fly, besides sending them. Right! Now consider which OS is used on those systems. Digital's cozy with Microsoft, but they're not crazy enough to try and run AltaVista on NT. -- Chris Tyler <CTyler@Oxford.net> Global Proximity Corporation (519) 421-3541 / fax (519) 421-2107 Internet and Computer Consulting