this test is tottaly slanted to show windows 2003 server avantage imho WINDOWS 2003 WHOMPS LINUX IN FILE SERVER PERFORMANCE TEST This item isn't really WinHEC-related, but it's fun. In a recent test that compared Windows 2003 to various Linux versions, Microsoft's most recent server OS tromped the competition by 66 percent to 100 percent in various file-server-related performance tests. The test, which VeriText performed and prepared under Microsoft contract, found that Windows 2003 significantly outperformed Linux. But the Linux community refuses to believe the findings because Microsoft commissioned the test. I think Linux aficionados need to wake up and smell the coffee: From a performance standpoint, Windows 2003 is a rip-roaring performance hot rod, and I suspect other tests will come to the same conclusion. The OS is already trouncing key industry benchmark records for a reason, and it has nothing to do with "influencing" test results. i got this from:WinInfo Daily UPDATE--brought to you by the Windows & .NET Magazine Network http://www.winnetmag.net a news letter i belong to windoz propaganda lol

what is your point?

I'd rather take a small cluster of linux boxes than a single over priced and over hyped Windows 2003 box. Jason "Windows 2003, due out in 2007"

performance is not always measured in speed It can also be measured in security and reliability given microsofts history I question the validity of there results if they say its more secure its only because no ones has tried to hack into it yet linux is secure and proven