Re: [OT] Re: Linux scalability?

J Sloan
2001-05-18T21:37:19Z

Peter Rival wrote:

> "David S. Miller" wrote:
>
> > J Sloan writes:
> > > Microsoft finally managed to get a better result using
> > > an all-out, "bet the farm", "benchmark buster" setup
> > > with a special web cache in front of iis.
> >
> > I haven't heard anyone talk about the fact that their 8-cpu numbers
> > got disqualified and aren't even mentioned on the SPEC site on the
> > main tables anymore.
> >
>
> Really? I just checked and it's still there from what I see. We're talking
> about the Dell 8450/700 w/ IIS & SWC 3.0 result, right? I'm hoping that
> they're deemed NC, but I don't see it yet...
>

IIRC they did have some results disqualified, but
them these latest results have been submitted
since then - perhaps they will be disqualified as
well, once the facts come to light...

cu

jjs