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Re: Does anyone run test win vs. linux and can share how muchfaster is linux than windows, please?

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:16:52 +0100
Message-ID: <7765c897050811061669157449@mail.gmail.com>


On 8/11/05, Leandro Guimaraes Faria C. Dutra <ldutra_at_toyota.com.br> wrote:
> > Performance is not the choice that is made when deciding on o/s. The
> > real issues are support, maintenance, usablity, flexibility,
>
> Granted, but ever heard of ceteris paribus?

That of course is the huge problem with comparing two different systems, even if they are built on the same underlying hardware models. ceteris isn't paribus. ever. Two IT systems can be comparable - though this is less true than it was 10 years ago - but they won't differ in only one respect.

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