On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 10:26:53AM -0700, Bruce Hart (Hart Consulting) wrote:
> Linux certainly has been getting a lot of "buzz" lately.
Actually, I've seen a lot of FUD as Microsoft and its lackeys try
to fight off Linux (and the accompanying resurgence of Unix) the
only way they can.
> I'm personally
> aware of several commercial sites that are using NT successfully
> (http://www.finehomesandestates.com and http://www.usa.samsungsemi.com),
> but to date neither site has needed more than one web server machine and
> one database server machine.
Depends on what you consider "success": I have pretty high standards, and I
think finishing the Indy 500 in a Ford Pinto four hours after everyone
else has gone home is about the level of "success" that one gets with NT:
more money, more support costs, less scalability, less security, less
performance, less portability, no source code, etc.
> Are you aware of any benchmarks that show roughly how many hits a typical
> Linux PC web server (probably running Apache, I guess) can handle?
I haven't bothered, for the same reason I wouldn't benchmark the Ford Pinto
against whatever Emerson Fittipaldi's driving these days. It's obvious
to the casual observer. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who deploys NT at
this point has produced prima facie evidence of systemic incompetence
and should be fired on the spot.
But if you really need some links and benchmarks, trY:
<a href="http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/"> The UNIX versus NT Organization</a>
<a href="http://www.apple.com/publishing/internet/kai/"> Apple - Design & Publishing -
Shutting Down NT: How We Did It</a>
<a href="http://linux.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa12078a.htm"> Issue #55: Six Lies About
Linux - Focus On Linux - 12/07/98</a>
<a href="http://helix.hampshire.edu/~glyph/rant/capitalinux.html"> The Reality of
Linux</a>
<a href="http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-03-1998/ncw-03-nextten.html"> Searching
for the next Windows NT - NC World - March 1998</a>
<a href="http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncworld/ncw-04-1998/ncw-04-nextten.html"> The new
Unix alters NT's orbit - NC World - April 1998</a>
<a href="http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncw-05-1998/ncw-05-nextten.html"> Is NT paranoid or
is Unix out to get it? - NC World - May 1998</a>
<a href="http://www.ncworldmag.com/ncw-06-1998/ncw-06-lastten.html"> The Last 10
Minutes - NC World - June 1998</a>
<a href="http://www4.zdnet.com/pccomp/features/fea0797/nt/welcome.html"> NT LIES</a>
<a href="http://muq.org/~cynbe/rants/lastdino.htm"> The Last Dinosaur and the Tarpits
of Doom</a>
<a href="http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29416,00.html?st.ne.fd.gif.f"> CNET
News.com - Unix trounces Windows NT in testing</a>
<a href="http://www.lsl.com/"> Linux Systems Labs</a>
<a href="http://www.linux-hw.com/"> Linux Hardware Solutions</a>
<a href="http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/linuxlist/linuxlist/index.html"> Linux Software
Encyclopedia</a>
<a href="http://www.linuxhardware.net/"> Linux Hardware.net</a>
---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
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