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

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 16:29:03 -0800
Message-ID: <bf46380512021629n1c83a032h52ca1b1455bd4fa5@mail.gmail.com>


http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=459&tag=nl.e589

On 8/11/05, Billy Verreynne (JW) <VerreyB_at_telkom.co.za> wrote:
>
>
> Leandro Guimaraes Faria C. Dutra wrote:
>
> >> IMO you have not proved or shown anything that Linux is
> >> indeed a faster o/s than Windows for Oracle performance.
> >
> > No, but he has a nice indication.
>
> Of what? The "science" of observation?
>
> > Granted, but ever heard of ceteris paribus?
>
> Yep, though Latin is not my strong suite. The problem is that things
> are *never* equal between operating systems. Just observation alone as
> a basis of jugding differences in performance between operating
> systems is simply invalid.
>
> It is similar to saying that a SQL in Oracle is slow because you don't
> like it taking 10 minutes to complete because you're other SQL takes
> 10 seconds - and hey, they are *both* SQL, both on the same table,
> both return 10 rows, so both should be equally fast! Right?
>
> Making judgements by mere observation.. sorry, that simply does not
> cut it IMO.
>
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