>>>>> "Suresh" == Ramasubramanian, Suresh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Suresh> Better still, take a suite of the usual apps you use (word
Suresh> processing, email, games, or other apps) and compare their
Suresh> throughput and performance on 'doze and linux (on
Suresh> identical machines).
Suresh> Should give you a crude idea of the difference ...
Suresh> Raju, is this "benchmarks suck" statement because several
Suresh> 'doze oriented benchmarks have placed Linux low down on
Suresh> the pecking order, far below NT4 and BSD? ;)
Nah, benchmarks are for marketing driods who can't understand
intrinsic pros and cons, nor describe them to others, so need to
propagate a number which is the lowest common denominator. I have yet
to find a benchmark which tells me how well a system/software does in
a real world scenario.
If ``real world'' isn't a oxymoron when referring to computers :-)
-- Raju
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