Performance shock (BS)

[j Mak]

Could anyone post once again the original letter?
Unfortunately, I deleted it.

Thanks
jozsefmak

 --- A1ex <radsky at ncia.net> wrote: 
> CB wrote:
> 
> >On 4/24/05, Tom Adelstein <adelste at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I just accidentally saw the contents of this post
> and I could not
> >>believe what I saw.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>No way Windows on a comparable platform
> outperforms Linux. I've proven
> >>it hundreds of times.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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?
> >
> >Before finishing with you, let me tell you two
> small things. 
> >
> >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.
> >
> >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.
> >
> >  
> >
> AMEN!!!!!!!
> alex
> 
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