[mdlug] OT: More Excel accuracy woes

[Garry Stahl]

Jeff Hanson wrote:
> It has been proven that video card manufacturers will sometimes tweak
> their drivers to increase apparent performance with specific benchmark
> applications.  Maybe this is a similar situation where M$ attempts to
> identify Linux vs. Windows TCO comparisons and tries to adjust the
> outcome. :D
>   

Who would have thought?  I cannot recall a single Linux vs Microsoft
test done by Microsoft, or a sock puppet*, where windows was not tweaked
until it screamed.  It's SOP around Redmond to lie cheat and steal.  Why
should benchmarks be different?



*Independent survey or IT company whom we didn't pay to say this, honest.

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