Microsoft Challenges Linux's Legacy Claims

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday January 7, 2006 @04:37PM from the now-take-a-look-at-performance-tuning dept.

Michael writes "Microsoft Corp.'s Linux and open-source lab on the Redmond campus has been running some interesting tests of late, one of which was looking at how well the latest Windows client software runs on legacy hardware in comparison to its Linux competitors. The tests, which found that Windows performed as well as Linux on legacy hardware when installed and run out-of-the-box, were done in part to give Microsoft the data it needed to effectively 'put to rest the myth that Linux can run on anything.'"

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Window vs Linux by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-07 16:42 · Score: 0, Troll

i have a copy of win95 on a p1 with 8mb ram and it actually is usable, explorer works well and so does IE, good to have a usable gui with such a weak PC

linux on the other hand will make the PC look like a 1980's throwback with no gui and green text on a black screen, imhe windows runs on more legacy hardware than linux does and looks good, try getting kde or knome usable and looking good on a 8mb p1 75mhz pc