Matthew Carpenter wrote:
Pretty standard techniques - I've seen these commissioned third-party 'unbiased' benchmarks about twice a year with a different FUD target each time. Fundemental concept is to make competition look real bad by having a hyper-tuned product in comparison to an untuned/detuned/overloaded-with-other-junk 'other system'. Then the vendor can legally post the independant results, reference the document while keeping their own hands clean, get the press excited, have the competitor waste huge resources combating the FUD instead of developing, etc. Sad part is - the press actually laps it up. Saddest part - the poor saps who accepted the commision to do the benchmark. My only question is: why would anyone want to use a linux machine as a file server in a windows environment? The network chatter would make any samba box have a nervous breakdown.