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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:23:13 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Nobin Mathew" <nobin.mathew@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux Servers comparison with Windows 2003 servers for Gaming
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:42:50 +0530
"Nobin Mathew" <nobin.mathew@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to move my Game server from windows to Linux.
> 
> Is this a good idea?
> How much better performance i will get?

How long is a piece of string. Given you don't give any hardware info,
any info on the applications run or on the network and capacity expected
its a bit hard to guess really.