From: "Joe Barr" 

On Sun, 11 May 2003 15:38:12 -0400, Geo. wrote:

> "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.05.11.15.27.18.195021{at}austin.rr.com...
>

>>  I'll settle for a compliant Windows user
>> recognizing how the benchmark was rigged.
>
> How about a windows user who assumes all benchmarks are rigged even if not
> on purpose and instead tries to get something of value out of all of them?

OK, that works too.

>
>> 1.  The story was about yet another bogus/rigged/contrived/controlled
>> "benchmark" from Microsoft, not about software RAID 0 performance.
>
> That doesn't mean you can't point out the parts that show truth though.

It was pointed out.  That's how you know that it was software RAID 0 that
was primarily responsible for the results.

>
>> 2.  Jeremy Allison is the head of the Samba development project.  He
>> doesn't have anything to do with RAID development.
>
> He shouldn't care, if something is published making his project look bad
> and he realizes it's because of another project, then he should email the
> guy doing RAID and give him an earfull about how important it is to the
> samba team that this is addressed immediately. I have never allowed the
> people I work with to give me the excuse "not my department"
as I expect
> them to follow up and make sure we make the best products possible.

I have no doubt that there will be people looking at the performance issues.

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