Comment Re:Zealots? (Score 1) 304
However, when these benchmarks come out, and say that Linux beat NT, they are automatically heralded as The Truth. Now, I really do like the fact that Linux has been 'vindicated', but what
guarantees do we have that these tests were any less biased than the ones that said NT won?
guarantees do we have that these tests were any less biased than the ones that said NT won?
The publisher of c't, Heise-Verlag, sells besides c't, a magazine dealing with applications and desktop software but also more general IT issues, iX, a magazine rather addressing the network administrator. Both magazines express a quite unbiased attitude, where c't naturally focuses on software that runs on MS and Apple. I was surprised to see the benchmarks published in c't and not in iX as they address the server rather than the desktop issue. At the same time I'd say I'd have been surprised if they would manipulate their results in favour of Linux, or to design the benchmarks in order to favour Linux. It would not make much sense with respect to their comsumer base.
