In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) wrote (in part): > There's some interesting information about this at: > http://www.timedancer.com/webrace.html > Over the summer, they hosted "The Great Web Race of 1996" where various > people submitted their Web server's for performance tests. The top 2 > systems were VMS systems running the same Web server software we are (the > OSU Multi-threaded WWW server). I thought this was outstanding considering > that the software is public domain and is written by a guy at Ohio State in > his spare time!!! I think that bears repetition -- especially for those who question why Miami chooses to run its primary web server on a Digital Alpha (a very powerful piece of hardware, reasonably priced) running OpenVMS (possibly the most 'industrial strength' operating system around -- reliable and secure) and the DECthreads HTTP Server for VMS software (multithreaded, fast, reliable, and free). -- Miami University John B Harlan Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) Coordinator Miami Computing & Information Services (MCIS) Client Services 137 Hoyt Hall Oxford, Ohio 45056-1618 (513) 529-5330 voice (513) 529-5058 fax [log in to unmask] http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~harlanjb/