Thanks to Keith for this
link.
“I feel that the Mindcraft study was a turning point in the
public perception of Linux, which had previously existed in a sort
of odd invulnerable bubble of nonsensical critical acclaim…”
“I’ve always said that Linux represents the most obvious threat
to the Windows monopoly that’s ever existed. I stand by that claim
today, for both the desktop and the server.”
“When I saw the PC Week and PC Magazine reports, I felt that we
had moved firmly into a newer, more realistic assessment of Linux’s
prowess.”
“… I received an intriguing email from Samba’s Jeremy Allison
that better explains the situation…”
“… he wrote… “Knowing that NT beats Samba and Linux with
Win95 clients has caused a great deal of activity to fix the
scaling problems in the Linux kernel so I’m really glad of the real
numbers being out there (and I do trust the PC Week figures,
they’re a very honest and reputable lab).”