Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-19 Thread David Wright
Quoting Mike Barton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >Nobody answered your post probably because they couldn't guess from > >"not having any luck" why you couldn't just compile the module along > >with whatever kernel version you're using. > > I included shell output from both an attempt to load the module

RE: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-17 Thread Mike Barton
-Original Message- From: David Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 9:06 AM To: Mike Barton; debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: David Wright Subject: Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD Quoting Mike Barton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I suppose you "just forgot" to post

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-16 Thread David Wright
Quoting Mike Barton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I suppose you "just forgot" to post an even minor semblance of proof? Please > correct the error and let us all in on it. Better yet why not answer my > "iBCS anyone" post of a few days ago. Seeing as the modules in -2.0.34 and -2.0.35 compare equal, and

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-16 Thread Philip Thiem
Apparently Mindcraft and MS(we don't really know this) has pulled this act before. Take a look at the response Netware has when MC did a comparison with netware. http://www.novell.com/advantage/nw5/nw5-mindcraftcheck.html Philip Thiem -- PENQUIN-LOVER-CODER ALERT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All win

RE: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-15 Thread Mike Barton
April 14, 1999 3:21 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: MICROSOFT BS FUD Well it finally happened. Microsoft has paid someone off to fix a benchmark showing that Windows NT is actually better than linux. http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html === Amateur Radio, when a

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-15 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 1999-04-14 18:14, Christopher J. Morrone wrote: > Of course, its not likely that anyone in the free software movement will > be able to verify the results, because they used pretty expensive > machinery. A four processor Xeon as the server, and 144 pentium test > nodes with ethernet switches.

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Rick Macdonald
On 14 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > | Well, while I agree with that, this is already being read and believed by > | managers and suits. What we need are numbers to the contrary, not "it was > | commisioned by Microsoft". > > Again, any logical person would conclude that the test was biased

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"Christopher J. Morrone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On 14 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: [snip] | > You guys need to read your Slashdot (http://slashdot.org). I've heard | > that this particular "benchmark" was commissioned by Microsoft. Anyone | > who pays attention to a benchmark commission

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Christopher J. Morrone
On 14 Apr 1999, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: > Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | There already has been feedback on the web (and this list) about this. > | It does appear that a great effort was made to pull all the stops out > | in configuring NT, and little care was given to setting up

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | There already has been feedback on the web (and this list) about this. | It does appear that a great effort was made to pull all the stops out | in configuring NT, and little care was given to setting up Linux. IE: | use of a kerenl with know network b

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Kenneth Scharf
There already has been feedback on the web (and this list) about this. It does appear that a great effort was made to pull all the stops out in configuring NT, and little care was given to setting up Linux. IE: use of a kerenl with know network bugs, none of apache's optimizations turned on... -

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Kirk Hogenson
Rick Macdonald wrote: > > > Well it finally happened. Microsoft has paid someone off to fix a > > benchmark showing that Windows NT is actually better than linux. > > > > http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html > > This doesn't look good. Are the results cooked or flawed, or the >

Re: MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > Well it finally happened. Microsoft has paid someone off to fix a > benchmark showing that Windows NT is actually better than linux. > > http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html This doesn't look good. Are the results cooked or flawed, o

MICROSOFT BS FUD

1999-04-14 Thread Kenneth Scharf
Well it finally happened. Microsoft has paid someone off to fix a benchmark showing that Windows NT is actually better than linux. http://www.mindcraft.com/whitepapers/nts4rhlinux.html === Amateur Radio, when all else fails! http://www.qsl.net/wa2mze Debian Gnu Linux, Live Free or . _