Re: Performance

[Michal Suchanek]

On 4/23/06, Tom Bachmann <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > I am not saying that we must do better in every regard than any other
> > system.  However, we should be able to do better in at least one
> > regard than most other systems.
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> And, we must not blatantely fail in any regard. If we produce a system
> that is less than half as fast as linux on the common hardware (whatever
> this will be when we're ready), we do not win too much (i.e., i claim no
> large user base will emerge),

There are quite a few counterexamples. For one, Windows 98 are much
faster on common hardware than Windows 2000 or XP. Yet there is large
user base for the later because of much better stability.

Thanks

Michal