If you want REAL benchmarks, here are some starters:
http://www.netcraft.com/survey/
http://www2.itworld.com/cma/ett_article_frame/0,2848,1_1680,00.html
http://www.cm.nu/~shane/lists/comp.mail.sendmail-2000-10/0265.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,35113,00.html
Forget about academic benchmarks performed in closed environments with
millions of $$ of hardware thrown at them and software and hardware
tuned to running the benchmark -- let's talk about the Real World
here.
Regards,
-- Raju
>>>>> "Binand" == Binand Raj S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Binand> RaghuNath L forced the electrons to say:
>> is there any way to stop it , it is as bad as spamming Suresh
>> any pointers ?
Binand> Why? Those web pages are their owners' opinions, and they
Binand> sure are entitled to theirs'. They never forced you to
Binand> visit their site; there is no spamming angle here.
>> this misleads it managars who are hesitent to move towords
>> linux.
Binand> Well, I'd like to meet the IT managers who'd take
Binand> information from a hate site as authoritative. And take
Binand> their visiting cards. And resolve never to work for their
Binand> firms.
>> I some time back read about some bodies post on barirng linux
>> bash in U.S can the same be done here.
Binand> That was from one of the humour sites (forgot which), and
Binand> then someone posted to slashdot. It even had a nice
Binand> disclaimer saying if you don't understand satire, then
Binand> please spare us.
>> or why not have independent org to do a benchmark ( please help
>> if there are any bench mark already done).
Binand> Mindcraft did - and the results were marked in Microsoft's
Binand> favour.
Binand> Of course, Mindcraft's benchmarks weren't as independent
Binand> as one would have liked - the benchmarking tests were done
Binand> as part of a Microsoft funded project, in Microsoft's
Binand> labs. I think PC Week ran those same tests again and still
Binand> the outcome was in NT's favour.
>> http://www.linuxsucks.com/TopSucks.htm
>> http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/linuxmyths.asp
>> http://www.artisticcheese.com/Default.asp
Binand> Take my advice - don't worry to much about this sort of
Binand> thing. It happens - after all, they are Americans - they
Binand> still have a Flat Earth Society there. :-)
Binand> Binand
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