From: Mike '/m' 



1) Microsoft has already shown time and time again that they do not share
your discipline and caution when they set up their servers.

2) Within each version, the consistency of the timings hint that the
servers may be a bit more consistent.

 /m



On Sat, 17 May 2003 12:20:49 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>I don't know about everyone else but when I get a new version I always avoid
>putting it on my biggest baddest production boxes till I'm sure it can be
>trusted (which usually doesn't happen until after sp1 or sp2).
>
>Geo.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:ebbccv8q0rn8lmu7pr68sdvg519c6ckbsi{at}4ax.com...
>>
>> Why would they install the new OS on slower machines?
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 16 May 2003 19:48:41 -0400, "Geo."
 wrote:
>>
>> >Kinda meaningless without knowing if it's identical hardware.
>> >
>> >Geo.
>> >
>> >"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
>> >news:pan.2003.05.15.20.43.52.824709{at}austin.rr.com...
>> >>
>> >> Netcraft has some interesting stats/observations about that.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/01/21/performance_of_wwwintelcom_att
>racting_interest.html
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >
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>

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