Is PythonService Slow, Or, Is It The Code?

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1053539135.6707.python-list at python.org>,
John Abel  <johnfabel at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>Using medusa, I've written a simple FTP server to run on my Win2000 
>machine.  I have two versions, a Win32 service, and the other is 
>launched from the command line.  I've noticed, that the Win32 service is 
>drastically slower than the command line version.  As a test, I ftp'ed a 
>148MB file from one machine to another (connected via a twisted cable, 
>at 10Mbps).  Using the service, the file transfered at 31kb/sec; with 
>the cli version, it transfered at 549kb/sec.

What happens when your CLI version is *not* the foreground window?
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