http://blogs.technet.com/jamesone/archive/2008/09/06/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics-a-lesson-in-benchmarking.aspxMany years ago - before on-line meant &quot;the internet&quot; - I annoyed a journalist in an on-line discussion. I criticized the methodology used by his magazine to test file servers: Machines copied a large file making it a test of the cache effectivenessen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/jamesone/archive/2008/09/06/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics-a-lesson-in-benchmarking.aspx#3120337Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:12:19 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3120337Robert<p>&quot;I'm left with just one: Since Microsoft clearly won, why is their article called VMware edges out Microsoft in virtualization performance test ?&quot;</p> <p>May be VMware won 4 of 6 tests and HyperV only 2 of 6?</p> <p>R.</p>http://blogs.technet.com/jamesone/archive/2008/09/06/lies-damn-lies-and-statistics-a-lesson-in-benchmarking.aspx#3120583Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:51:35 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3120583jamesone<p>Hmmm. </p> <p>By that argument the car which leads the most laps wins the race. Oh sorry. It's the car with mates in the stewards room isn't it. </p>