Funny Stuff

[Matthew Geddes]

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:

> can i write some programs to do a concerted attack against them at the
> same time as they're doing this?
>
> i promise to cut the network traffic to... one packet per second.  hmm...
> *thinks*.... even so, it's going to be a _really_ short test.
>
> > I provide identical hardware platforms.
> >
> > Leading proponents of Linux and Windows must gen up a system from CD's I purchase
> > over-the-counter. They have one day to gen the system. We run a set of
> > benchmarks. Publish the results.
> >
> > The systems must serve a relational database, print server, PDC, web server, mail
> > server. All the tests will run via a multi-homed 100BaseT connection.
> >
> > Whatcha think?

Ooh! Ohh! Let me watch! Let me watch!

I've already done some VERY inaccurate and basic tests copying data and things
(general file serving) and Linux won hands down.

Matt