LinuxWorld: Nicholas Petreley -- Stop the MindCraft madness | Linux Today

LinuxWorld: Nicholas Petreley — Stop the MindCraft madness

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 8, 1999

“The Mindcraft NT vs. Linux benchmark was neither accurate nor
fair. It hardly matters whether MindCraft participated willingly in
the scam, or whether they were but a pawn in the opening campaign
of Microsoft’s FUD battle against Linux. Nick Petreley explains why
it’s time to stop wasting valuable time on the MindCraft
saga…”

“Frankly, I’ve heard about as much as I can stand regarding the
Mindcraft benchmark.”


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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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