Re: Java Benchmarks - AS/400 Kicks - A#$

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

> Nevertheless, I agree with you that you have to be
> careful when someone publishes numbers like this.  Whoever does the
> publishing will pick the particular tests that show their machines in the
> best light and 'forget' those that don't.  

yeah, just like when a Microsoft sponsored 'independent' test showed
that NT was 3 times faster than Linux...

Now, it is correct (and good) that the AS/400 no longer is so slow
as it used to be (c.f. Phil Hall). Another interesting comparison is
to divide the benchmark throughput by the price of the system
to get messages/second/dollar.





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