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LWN: A look at the Mindcraft report

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 16, 1999

“Since their results differ so strongly from those of other,
similar studies, it is normal to want to understand what was
different…”

“Mindcraft is a company which specializes in testing and
benchmarking systems. Their testing is done for paying
clients…”

“We may never know what the stated “goals” of this test were,
but the client was Microsoft. Microsoft also paid for some similar
studies…”

“A number of problems have been found in the way the Linux
server was configured in this test…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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