Re: NT server, pro/con

In article <3ll8tv$scc@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> rgallen@access.mbnet.mb.ca (Rennie Allen) writes: >In <wgbD68yKw.7rG@netcom.com> wgb@netcom.com (Bill Bosacker) writes: > >[...] > >>I believe that NT off the shelf, will only handle 2 processors. You need to >>obtain licences from Microsoft for the additional processors. Also, a test with >>30 processors was reported by Info World which should that it was a fairly >>linear scale. Every test I have seen shows that NT handles loads better than >>any other system on the Intel platform. > >Whoa... that's going a bit far... I am pro NT, but "handles loads better >than any other system on the Intel platform" is definately going *way* >overboard. If you have any doubt of this you owe it to yourself to try QNX. ... or Linux -- RW Salnick, Spokane,WA | Home: salnick@dejavu.spk.wa.us Amiga 3000, WB 2.1 | Work: salnick@mfgsys.kaiser.spk.wa.us WA9BVE | ----------------- No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain their right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson ----------------- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.1 mQBtAy6eMfIAAAEDALwrWEs+O743G3ANgMDgUxCfK9F1vTR99q4OL05cyGI68nlk ygUkdYG7CG0BnI8CzOJmSQeTJGjLV6Mw+LGA7UgzybInGUXJMkw7xKRtpZ8QEi+/ PQWM6R7AuxwjYt5iuQAFEbQlUlcgU2FsbmljayA8c2Fsbmlja0BkZWphdnUuc3Br LndhLnVzPrQrUlcgU2FsbmljayA8c2Fsbmlja0B0ZWFjaC5rYWlzZXIuc3BrLndh LnVzPg== =bnSE -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----