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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!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc Date: 23 Sep 1996 05:58:49 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <5255e9$ht@anorak.coverform.lan> 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:130875 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27741 comp.infosystems.www.misc:43947 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. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....