On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:33:39 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Yeah, I've read a few stories about the newest Ubuntu (8.10 IIRC)
>> delivery that state that the benchmarks are slower than the previous
>> version.
> 
> OTOH, I read about a developer who quit contributing to the Linux kernel
> because he was tired about devs caring about companies saying
> $BULLSHT_BENCHMARK now gives lower results, instead of caring about the
> desktop becoming faster for users. (it was about lowering latency and
> improving the process scheduler, which would give better speed to the
> desktop)

I hadn't read that one...

Jim

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