From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 20 07:55:02 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA22929 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 07:55:02 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA22920 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 07:54:59 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.3.6) id AA10254; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 10:54:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 10:54:56 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9506201454.AA10254@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: pvinci@ix.netcom.com (Paul Vinciguerra) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: LAN Mag: NT better than unix - Why? In-Reply-To: <199506200429.VAA09816@ix7.ix.netcom.com> References: <199506200429.VAA09816@ix7.ix.netcom.com> Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < On page 92 of LAN mag., they push NT over unix for httpd. > "The NT server will blow the doors off that unix server." > They cite the reasons as follows: NT is multithreaded, and it has a > richer socket interface. > HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT? Because, like all trade rags, they are paid flacks for their advertisers, and aren't smart enough to form opinions on their own. Microsoft has the largest advertising budget in the software industry. Therefore, lots of people will write all sorts of nonsense to keep them happy. > Doesn't unix also have threaded support? And how does a socket > interface increase performance? It doesn't. As I said, they people who write for these magazines aren't generally competent enough to understand what they're writing about. What you read was likely a direct paraphrase from a MS press release. > How do you cut through all the hype? Don't read trade mags, they make your brain rot. Especially don't let your management read them, unless you are absolutely certain that they have a clue. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant