[plug] Linux fails the high-end test

[Gary Allpike]

www.spice.net.au/linux.pdf


the executive summary


regards


Gary

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Matt Kemner wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> > I've seen claims that the Linux wasn't set up very well on the test 
> > system, that the test was paid-for by the Evil Empire...
> 
> That's the mindcraft report, not this one. (By D.H. Brown Associates Inc.)
>  
> >From reading the FAQ it appears they didn't actually benchmark the systems
> themselves, they just collected sources of information, "analyzed" them,
> and wrote a report using them, and charge U.S.$995 a copy.
> 
> I haven't read the Exec Summary yet so I don't know if their FAQ is
> misleading in that way or not.
> 
>  - Matt
>