+ Unix Beats Windows : Microsoft +

Ok, that headline may be a bit overblown - but Microsoft Research has released part of a report on the "Singularity" kernel they've been working on as part of their planned shift to network computing. The report includes some performance comparisons that show Singularity beating everything else on a 1.8Ghz AMD Athlon-based machine.

Microsoft Research Report : ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/pub/tr/TR-2005-135.pdf