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:Salon: Microsoft's flawed Linux vs. NT shootout
Salon: Microsoft's flawed Linux vs. NT shootout
Apr 27, 1999, 03 :14 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (2014 reads)

(Other stories by Andrew Leonard)

Thanks to Bill Longabaugh for this link.

"... what really has the Linux community incensed is the way Mindcraft apparently went about seeking information and help from Linux experts..."

"Mindcraft was in the process of "rerunning these tests (and others) with the direct aid and assistance (albeit remotely) of the top minds in the Linux community."

"By consensus, the two "top minds" of the Linux community are Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox. Cox and Torvalds acknowledged that they had been in communication with Bruce Weiner, the president of Mindcraft..."

Complete story.


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
A well written article that does not bod ...   Bravo, Salon...   
K. Fisher
Apr 27, 1999, 06:23:35
 
I don't want to be rude but enough s ...   Again..   
A Man
Apr 27, 1999, 07:53:47
 
if this rematch will go through......... ...   let the show begin...   
totoy
Apr 27, 1999, 08:00:39
 
It seems obvious that Mindcraft is inten ...   Flawed Testing Foundation   
Joe Kaplenk
Apr 27, 1999, 08:05:20
 
Deliberate fraud and deception ???

It&# ...   Faking it - a legal solution ?   
martin
Apr 27, 1999, 08:20:41
 
Will(iam Gates?) ...   Will from Microsoft?   
Jonathan M. Prigot
Apr 27, 1999, 08:58:57
 
What would you do with the money? ...   Re: Faking it - a legal solution ?   
Pål G. Larsson
Apr 27, 1999, 09:37:49
 
As someone who worked there, I can tell  ...   Email from Microsoft   
Michael Gee
Apr 27, 1999, 10:21:55
 
> Will(iam Gates) ;-)

Well that would b ...   Re: Will from Microsoft?   
Steve Wilson
Apr 27, 1999, 10:43:21
 
Does anyone really expect that Mindcraft ...   Credibility   
Farli
Apr 27, 1999, 11:28:30
 
Checking their "benchmarks", it looks th ...   "afraid to lose their biggest customer"?   
Chexum
Apr 27, 1999, 11:34:48
 
One of the press releases that Mindcraft ...   Re: "afraid to lose their biggest customer"   
Joe Kaplenk
Apr 27, 1999, 14:01:37
 
I'd like to make an important point  ...   Make your own benchmark   
Luis Otavio
Apr 27, 1999, 14:50:26
 
Here is the setup, the NT and Linux syst ...   A better benchmark, by Mindwarp Labs :)   
Joe Namath
Apr 27, 1999, 15:22:54
 
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