>>On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 11:42, dantrams wrote:
>>
>>Can you back this up with benchmarks (running IB/FB on Linux vs.
>>Windows)?

>Possibly when I have time, but even benchmarks can be disputed. There
>will still be differences.

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For me, this comment is very telling:

> For me it was a no brainer. I hate MS

Seems to me that is the theme to most of the posts that I see
claiming that Linux is faster than Windows.

The comment that Windows is slower because it has a display is also
somewhat contrived; I don't believe the Windows shell is even running
if a user is not logged on (all that is displayed is a login screen),
and even with the shell running, CPU utilization hovers around 1%, at
most.

At BorConn a few years ago, I asked the IB developers if there was
any significant difference in speed between Solaris, Linux and
Windows on the same hardware -- they told me there wasn't.

There may be valid advantages to run Linux instead of Windows as a DB
server, but I think we need evidence and not just gut feeling.

Dan