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G-WAN Shows That Microsoft Cannot Compete Against Free Software

"If you "follow the money", you discover that all those 'developer-friendly' sites belong to MICROSOFT "strategic partners" (or felt completely under MICROSOFT's editorial control, like Wikipedia). As MICROSOFT is their main partner, there is no surprise that they eradicate any information that could challenge the hand that feeds them." --G-WAN

G-WAN



Summary: An overview looking at a project that benchmarks different stacks but cannot get the word out without attempted suppression

Pierre of G-WAN fame has been in touch with Techrights for a long time and he helped show not just how far behind Microsoft really is but also how Microsoft can suppress publication of benchmarks that show this. It's a well-known fact that Microsoft uses legal/litigious means to prevent the publication of benchmarks it cannot control.



“It's a well-known fact that Microsoft uses legal/litigious means to prevent the publication of benchmarks it cannot control.”For those who are not familiar with G-WAN, there are new pages that organise information about it. "with As an update on our discussion," wrote Pierre, "I worked to collect the information you were asking for, and I created dedicated pages for it."

Here are the pages that explain the project [1, 2], a reminder that the Windows EULA forbids benchmarking, an explanation of how publication of results was suppressed and by whom [1, 2], and pages that show the failure of IIS + C#, based on results for Windows, GNU/Linux, and IIS.

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