[Am-info] Windows 2003 Server benchmarks - "It's Mindcraft all over again."

[Gene Gaines]

Joe Barr, writing in LinuxWorld' reports on what appears to be
another shabby Microsoft deception.

Quoting:

  Is Windows 2003 Server really faster than Linux/Samba?

  Here comes Windows 2003 Server! And it's faster than Linux,
  because Microsoft cheated with the benchmarks! May 9, 2003

Article summary:

  Microsoft claims Windows 2003 Server is twice as fast as
  Linux, at least when it's used for file serving. I spoke to Jeremy
  Allison, head of the Samba team, who provided a few insights into
  the test configurations that don't leap out at the reader because
  they are hidden away in appendixes to the benchmark document.
  Allison feels this, in itself, is substantially responsible for
  the outcome. (1,000 words)

See:  http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=742352


Who is the organization that appears to have "cooked" the tests to
favor Microsoft, who was paying the bill?

"VeriTest."  Name change from "ZDLabs" also known as "eTesting
Labs" appears to be "Lionbridge Technologies". Jonathan Clark,
Chief Technology Officer of Lionbridge Technologies, reports on
his resume ... oversees all aspects of our broad spectrum of
testing ... He is actively involved in the Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 initiative ..."

I wonder. Does benchmarking dishonesty and payoffs continue to
live at Microsoft?

Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia