title: (Why) does Tomcat/Java perform better on Linux than on Windows?
body: <p>I just <a href="http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=38377&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+techtarget%2Ftsscom%2Fhome+%28TheServerSide.com%3A+Your+Enterprise+Java+Community%29" rel="nofollow noreferrer">read this (one) study</a> in which Tomcat under Linux outperformed Windows.</p>
  
  <p>From your experience, is this generally true? Any deep reason that could explain the performance difference?</p>