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B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Saturday 25 November 2006 04:41 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Kernel Comparison for Linux (2.6.18) verses Windows (2003 R2)
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | This aims to be the most comprehensive kernel comparison of the
>> | latest most popular Unix style kernel verses the latest most
>> | popular current kernel.
>> `----
>>
>> http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20Comparison%20Linux%20vs%20Windows
>
> Sorry for the crap editing, but whatever I do will be wrong:-
>
> Hardware Architectures (PC) Linux Windows
> PC x86 Y Y
> PC AMD64 Y Y
> PC IA-64 Y Y
> Hardware Architectures (other)
> Alpha Y N
> PPC Y N
> PPC64 Y N
> SPARC32 Y N
> SPARC64 Y N
> ARM Y N
> HP PA-RISC Y N
> Motorola 680x0 Y N
> MIPS Y N
> MIPS (DEC) Y N
> PowerPC Y N
> IBM S/390 Y N
> others Y N
> - and that's WITHOUT touching on Mark's favourite 3 topics of the week!
> Where are those "supports more H/W" trolls when you need them?
>
> Also,
> estimated kernel space bugs total 1200 300,000 (53,000-630,000)
> estimated kernel + user space bugs total 1200 360,000 (63,000-750,000)
>
>
It was a very interesting article, and clearly demonstrates just how far
behind the curve Microsoft are in just about anything you can think of.
I did note, however, that the above list is incomplete, and should
include "cell: linux=y; windows=n."
But then, you knew that, didn't you?
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