Larry J. Blunk writes:
SPEC is replacing their aging SPECweb96 benchmark with a new one
called SPECweb99. SPECweb99 addresses a number of limitations in
the original SPECweb96 benchmark. It should also offer a much more
realistic benchmark that ZDLab’s WebBench benchmark used in
Mindcraft’s controversial NT vs. Linux Study.
The details of the new benchmark can be found here.
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