On 8/11/05, Leandro Guimaraes Faria C. Dutra <ldutra_at_toyota.com.br> wrote:
> > Performance is not the choice that is made when deciding on o/s. The
> > real issues are support, maintenance, usablity, flexibility,
>
> Granted, but ever heard of ceteris paribus?
That of course is the huge problem with comparing two different
systems, even if they are built on the same underlying hardware
models. ceteris isn't paribus. ever. Two IT systems can be comparable
- though this is less true than it was 10 years ago - but they won't
differ in only one respect.
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Received on Thu Aug 11 2005 - 08:18:58 CDT
