Thanks to Bill
Longabaugh for this link.
“The problem with Mindcraft’s numbers was twofold. First,
Microsoft provided the test equipment and paid Mindcraft for the
test. Second, Microsoft was allowed to tune NT, while Mindcraft
could not find a suitable tuner for Linux.
“By the time this column is printed, the Linux forces may have
started to perform the same operation on PC Week.”
“In our tests, however, we had some of the top Linux people
(like Samba developer Jeremy Allison) in our lab for most days and
nights for the better part of a month. In the end, Linux overall
was only about 25 percent slower than NT.”