Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:32:43 +0100 From: Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> Cc: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@chen.ml.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NT4 server 2.5 times faster than Linux Message-ID: <E10XiVn-000ExA-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Stephen McKay's message of "Thu, 15 Apr 1999 19:21:26 %2B1000" <199904150921.TAA28780@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au>
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On 15 April 1999, Stephen McKay proclaimed: > On Wednesday, 14th April 1999, Luoqi Chen wrote: > >Saw this on yesterday's slashdot news: > > http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html > >I wonder how well FreeBSD would perform. > > I wonder also. The load is much higher than similar NT vs Linux tests > that I've seen. And the hardware is all very, very new. > > People shouldn't be so quick to dump on Mindcraft, even if they were > bought by Microsoft. The facts of the report should be digested and > argued rationally. Then, if we find that Mindcraft have deliberately > distorted things, we can dump on them. :-) Well, the Linux folks have already come up with quite a few reasons why the test was invalid. A good summary is in this week's LWN, <URL:http://www.lwn.net/1999/features/MindCraft1.0.phtml>; and another is at <URL:http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric/mindcraft.html>. I think the most important point to note here is simply that Mindcraft managed to produce such outrageously *different* results to everybody else that a closer inspection must be made. Oh, and that we should have lobbied for FreeBSD inclusion in their tests. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "Value of 2 may go down as well as up" -- FORTRAN programmers manual -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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