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Israeli PC Magazine internet platform comparison



Anybody read the PC Magazine's comparison between Windows NT, Solaris
and Linux which was published in this month's issue?

This is the first time Linux gets this much attention on this magazine.
I've read previous articles in the opinions section, mostly written by
J. Seymour, and a general article about open source software, but this
article gets to the facts, seeing Linux as a competitive member in the
scene. This is truely a step up for Linux's credit at PC Magazine.

I can only regret for the outcome of this comparison: a stict ruling for
Windows NT and against Linux, leaving Solaris somewhere in the
middle-top. Obviously, tests reviewed in this article were tested
monthes ago (at the time of the test Kernel 2.2 was just out, and it had
the TCP/IP stack bug so they had to use 2.0.35). I would expect an
article of this type to be more up to date with the latest advancements.
I would at lease expect the publisher to say that certain advancement
have been made and if these tests were performed today, the results
would have been better for Linux.

Aside that, I think this article was objective and unbiased. We could
forsee a better complementing review as Linux development improves with
future development tools, and future kernel and web server releases.



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