20071024 Linux Wins in Benchmark
From s5h.net
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Continues to Deliver World-Record Performance Results
Last week, IBM announced a world-record industry-standard performance benchmark result using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This benchmark follows a long line of Red Hat Enterprise Linux world-record results published recently. Here are some highlights.
Related: Winning benchmarks before it's released: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 SPECompM2001 result is the world record for a 16-way SMP configuration, and used an IBM POWER system that delivered a result of 45,895 - an incredible 78% faster than the previous Linux record holder. It is also a whole lot faster than the competing Unix results: 210% over Sun Solaris, 132% over HP/UX.
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/16/winning-benchmarks-before-its-released-red-hat-enterprise-linux-5/ http://tinyurl.com/2gd2fo
SL Speed Showdown: Linux Tops Windoze
This was not a scientific study - only a small test which confirmed what I thought I had "felt" already while using Second Life on my new PC.
http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/07/sl-speed-showdo.html
[MS MVP] Foray into Feisty Fawn helped me take back my MIPS
Long story short - World of Warcraft runs faster under Ubuntu/Wine than natively under Windows XP Professional.
