News Brief: Windows NT Beats Turned-Off Linux Box

by Myo Pinyin, staff writer

Microsoft is touting the results of an independent study that compares the networking speeds of Windows NT and a computer loaded with Linux that was turned off.

"We beat it fair and square," said Microsoft spokesman Hugh Sless-Flak. "Neither system was 'tuned' in any way, they were tested in their delivered states."

The report shows that NT is twice as fast as a non-functioning Linux system. But when asked about the advantage their entry had by actually being on, Sless-Flak replied, "it's not our fault if their computer's power didn't work.

"They knew when the evaluation would start, they knew the deadline. If they can't take the pressure, they should get out of the operating system arena and let Windows continue to meet all customer needs," he said.

A bouyant Microsoft plans to expand their tests, pitting Windows NT against a turned-off Power Macintosh, a turned-off Compaq Alpha running Unix, and a Sun Starfire immersed in water.

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