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Who Has Faster Pipes? Linux, Win2000, WinXP Compared

Posted by timothy on from the only-one-small-part-of-the-sum-remember dept.

SeaBait writes: "This revealing article about the High-performance programming techniques on Linux and Windows shows that Linux rules. The performance testing was on Pipes(interprocess communication mechanism available on both Windows and Linux and UNIX). Although I new Linux would fare the best, the poor performance of Windows XP was a surprise. Windows 2000 actually did better than XP!"

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  1. Written by IBM? by FortKnox · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Tests written by IBM (who just put more investment in Linux) shows that Linux is best?

    Are they a little biased?

    I'd prefer a neutral party to do the test and the results placed on a neutral site, personally...

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!