Please, this isn't an attempt to start another silly OS vs OS thread, but 
whats the deal with Boinc running so much better in Windows than GNU/Linux? 
You would think it would be the other way around.

I've used, and continue to use, Windows (XP/2003), GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and 
even Solaris.  (Even used SCO UNIXWare in the past - yuck!).  I'm not 
partial to any particular OS.  I use each in a manner to best take advantage 
of them.

I've found that Boinc runs the best in Windows Server 2003, with XP Pro 
coming in second.

Is Boinc just optimized for Windows over Linux?   Would compiling Boinc 
source under GCC improve it much under Linux?

TIA,
Eric