>Did anybody see last week's PC Week? That issue had some redux on some
>recent benchmarking that a third party company did comparing NT and Linux
>which proved rather interesting (even after retesting when the mag thought
>to cry foul)
>
>There sure is a lot of talk of Linux being faster, lighter etc. but the
>benchmarks showed NT running more than twice as fast as Linux across the
>board on all but the lowest end hardware. This includes just plain file
>serving which is definitely not NT's strong point.
>
>I kinda wonder about the logic that is pushing Linux into so many shops
>these days based on faulty assumptions...
>
Rick, you're right on target here; a number of the industry publisher like ZD and IDG have had articles thart come to much the same conclusion - the latest round of tests, where the Linux people were given the opportunity to tweak Linux extensively prior to the benchmark, still shows NT well ahead on anything but low-end, lightweight hardware, and it's getting harder and harder for the Linux crowd to cry "Foul" since they've been given the chance to getr the install the way they want it prior to the testing.