> As mentioned, this is not a valid benchmark. When you are benchmarking, you > only change 1 variable, but they have changed 3 variables. You will not > know which of the variables is causing the differences, other then answering > the question: is this specific application running apache and written in php > run faster then this other application written in asp running on iis on > windows.
So what you are saying is that it's impossible to test more than one thing at once? I disagree because those 3 variables /are/ the question at hand. The bad thing is to have variables that you aren't interested in, like throwing one on a Dell and the other on an HP. The only 'variable' in this case is the server software, because that is the question they were asking. You said, "You will not know which of the variables is causing the differences" but nobody cares, because those differences are exactly what you are interested in. Is PHP faster because of Apache? Is ASP slower because of IIS? If either of those are true, then you still know the answer to the question: "What is the difference between ASP/IIS/Windows and PHP/Apache/Linux?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268532 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
