[ale] Linux vs NT on MegaHardware

[dsj at dsj.net (David S. Jackson)]

Hi,

After reading the challenge MS is throwing back at Linux'ers to go head up
with NT, I followed a couple of links at unix-vs-nt.org and found this link
rather compelling:

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2242246,00.html

Basically, the author summarizes that on "Mega-Hardware" NT might perform
better than Linux because Linux is built to run on modest hardware, and that
it may not scale up as well on SMP machines.  Still, the disparities between
tuneups on each machine were a disqualifying factor in the Mindcraft test's
creditbility.  (No talk of clusters in the article, though.)

My question:

On more modest hardware, we all agree Linux slams NT.  But how close
_should_ NT and Linux be on Xeon machines in a real comparison?


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