Performance shock (BS)

[A1ex]

CB wrote:

>On 4/24/05, Tom Adelstein <adelste at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I just accidentally saw the contents of this post and I could not
>>believe what I saw.
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>>I've been testing desktops for over two years and one half years now and
>>to say that Microsoft Windows runs faster than Linux one the same
>>configurations is just wrong.
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>>If in fact you are experiencing such an aberrant behavior, then you know
>>how to tune Windows and don't know how to configure Linux.
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>>Otherwise, this thread is a Microsoft disinformation effort. Either way,
>>it's despicable. If you don't know enough about Linux to tune up Open
>>Office, then you need to do you homework.
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>>Also, if you're running lots of services -- as in server mode -- compare
>>the performance of Linux to Windows 2000 server running the same number
>>of services.
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>>No way Windows on a comparable platform outperforms Linux. I've proven
>>it hundreds of times.
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>OK. I'm out. I hesitated about asking this question straightforwardly
>because I've observed that asking mildly critical-sounding questions
>in linux forums almost always generates torrents of abuse. Admittedly,
>in this case everyone except you has been constructive, but your
>revolting post is enough. I'm unsubscribing right away because I'm
>just sick of this kind of crap that makes open, honest,
>straightforward communication about technology (technology! not war or
>rape or starvation!) just impossible.
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>You call someone *despicable* because they ask a question that doesn't
>match your experiences/prejudices. What fucking world have you
>experienced -- anything at all beyond porn and computers? "Despicable"
>can appropriately be said of child-abusers, not people who ask
>questions about a piece of technology you favour.
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>Specifically, factually, really, I was referring to *untuned* fresh
>installs on both Ubuntu and Win 2003 Server. Stock installs with
>minimal services running. All I did on both was install a couple of
>apps (and SP1  on the Win partition). I'm not even making any general
>statements about the performance of Linux "vs" (your kind of term, I
>guess) Windows (you'd know it by Windoze or Winblows, no doubt); this
>was just a comment on desktop responsiveness. Or am I lying? A
>Microsoft stoolie? What? Why?
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>Before finishing with you, let me tell you two small things. 
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>One. I have been diligently installing Ubuntu on friends' computers
>now for the past year, because I like it and like it's underlying
>ethics, and believe these friends should get off the Microsoft
>monopoly bandwagon if they can. In many cases I've had to work hard to
>persuade these friends to try linux again, because they've been burned
>by trying it, having problems, and then asking questions in forums and
>mailing lists. There they meet you and your clones, get abused, have
>no source of help, so reinstall Windows. You and people like you are
>driving ordinary users away.
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>Two. My main reason for seriously making attempts to migrate all my
>computer-based work away from Microsoft's OS's is this. I worked in a
>heavily MS-based business, consisting mainly of a very large WinNT &
>Win2k server centre (3000+ servers). I observed time and again how MS
>uses its power to distort and corrupt the IT business. The final straw
>for me was when I witnessed them bribe the company I worked in to keep
>quiet about a security problem we found. This was a very serious
>issue, exposing tens of thousands of private customer records on
>competitors' servers to easy access across the net. MS persuaded this
>company not to pull a product that was based on the vulnerable
>technology, and stopped us from warning competitors that their
>information was exposed. I felt dirty working there, blew the whistle
>anonymously (though, interestingly, the press wasn't interested), and
>quit. The point is that I have no reason to favour Microsoft, would
>never do any form of business with them, and don't need to be told by
>some grossly ignorant prejudiced juvenile that a question I ask in
>good faith derives from some 'Microsoft disinformation effort'. Fuck
>you.
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AMEN!!!!!!!
alex