I'm not entirely sure that InfoWorld is generally a pro-Linux forum. If the article was written for/. (and not just posted here) then I might be inclined to agree with your skepticism.
If the numbers were regarding MS's next OS, no one would have a goddamn clue if the numbers were accurate because no one would have access to the OS or the code (except maybe the Gartner group or some other bastion of testing integrity).
These results appear to be pretty solid. If you think they aren't, you should be able to replicate the tests reasonably easily and see for yourself (the description of how he performed his testing was relatively clear). That's probably one of the coolest things about Linux and the rest of the Open Source movement. Anyone lying about it or exaggerating can be refuted pretty easily (unless you have magical asshole-SCO fairy dust in which case being refuted has no effect).
-- Once I was in therapy for anger management. Then I realized that I liked being angry.
Not to mention the fact that Oblivious Transfer sort of makes 'assigning' an IP impossible. The whole point is that you offer the client a fistful of data and you have no idea which piece he took/looked at. If you dont know which one he looked at, you have no way of making sure it isn't reassigned to someone else.
There's lots of data that ISP's could ignore or not log, but they could be held liable for that if the RIAA/DHD/DOD/ChooseYourPoison came after the information (unless it was simply deemed gross incompetence *winkwink*).
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I'm not entirely sure that InfoWorld is generally a pro-Linux forum. If the article was written for /. (and not just posted here) then I might be inclined to agree with your skepticism.
If the numbers were regarding MS's next OS, no one would have a goddamn clue if the numbers were accurate because no one would have access to the OS or the code (except maybe the Gartner group or some other bastion of testing integrity).
These results appear to be pretty solid. If you think they aren't, you should be able to replicate the tests reasonably easily and see for yourself (the description of how he performed his testing was relatively clear). That's probably one of the coolest things about Linux and the rest of the Open Source movement. Anyone lying about it or exaggerating can be refuted pretty easily (unless you have magical asshole-SCO fairy dust in which case being refuted has no effect).
-- Once I was in therapy for anger management. Then I realized that I liked being angry.
Not to mention the fact that Oblivious Transfer sort of makes 'assigning' an IP impossible. The whole point is that you offer the client a fistful of data and you have no idea which piece he took/looked at. If you dont know which one he looked at, you have no way of making sure it isn't reassigned to someone else.
There's lots of data that ISP's could ignore or not log, but they could be held liable for that if the RIAA/DHD/DOD/ChooseYourPoison came after the information (unless it was simply deemed gross incompetence *winkwink*).