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OpenBenchmark
Analysis
Third Mindcraft's
benchmark - why?
Mindcraft, a company
specialized in benchmarking, completed a comparative benchmark of Windows NT and
Li*ux as file and web servers on the same hardware and under equal conditions in
late April, and published the results. Because NT had outperformed Li*ux more
than 6 times in some cases, it was understandable that the Li*ux community would
produce a negative reaction and try to prove that the tests were biased.
Mindcraft's mailboxes got flooded with crazy Li*uxers' messages, many of which
consisted of dirty words, impolite phrases and swearing. Li*ux leaders wrote
articles on how the tests were unfair because NT was additionally optimized,
unlike Li*ux. Mindcraft's honor was naturally at stake, so they proposed a
second benchmark to prove that the results of the first one were an accurate
representation of NT's and Li*ux's performance.
Terms of the second benchmark didn't suit the Li*ux community
either, so its results were never published (they most likely matched those
obtained by the first test anyway). In the mean time, some computer magazines
conducted similar comparatory benchmarks which again confirmed the results from
Mindcraft. None of this mattered to Li*uxers who continued to spread bad word
about Mindcraft and thus hurt its reputation. And so Mindcraft proposed an Open
Benchmark which would compare NT and Li*ux optimized as much as possible by
their respective experts in order to vindicate its damaged reputation.
Can it get more objective
than this?
After the completion of Open Benchmark, the Li*ux community was stunned. NT is unquestionably proven to be faster than Li*ux; it has better scalability, better SMP support and more optimized code. Those are the hard facts that Li*uxers have to accept now. Perhaps this will be enough to make them think again on how objective they are. Thinking objectively is the only way that could eventually lead to a better Li*ux - a true, serious competitor for NT.
The final conclusion?
After all the years Li*uxers have spent convincing people that Li*ux is faster than NT, it was proved to be nothing more than a lie used to push NT out of Li*ux's way into the market. A different song is being sung from their mouths now: they say that speed is not that important, there are other areas in which Li*ux is still better than NT. Personally I would like to see a comparative test in each and every one of those areas. I'm absolutely certain that the only thing those tests will reveal is the fact that the Li*ux community is basing its entire propaganda on lies and empty, unproven comparations.
