Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 19:48:53 +0200 (CEST) From: Adam Szilveszter <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> To: Greg Skafte <skafte@worldgate.ca> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An article from Microsoft Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991006185437.11287B-100000@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> In-Reply-To: <37FB7203.F78CF4B5@worldgate.ca>
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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Greg Skafte wrote: > A very interesting artical on the weaknesses of linux to > bad it's trying to promote NT .... > > > http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/linuxmyths.asp Hi! Hmmmm.... Again the typical M$ style thing of mixing truth, assumptions, references to authority that you might or might not understand but not question without looking an idiot and some outright propaganda... Just to demonstrate a few highlights (although the article was written about Linux, there is no reason to think that they have a different opinion on any OpenSource UNIX-derivate...) -Win NT has a lower TCO than Linux. Then the text says the same for UNIX and then there is a link to demonstrate that which points to comparison of WinNT on Intel and Solaris on SPARC... no comment. I'd like to see the much-hyped Win2000 to be ported to that platform first...(or, in fact to any platform apart from x86 and Alpha:-) -They quote better SMP and clustering support but somehow forget to mention that to get SMP beyond two processors, you need to purchase the irrationally-expensive Enterprise Edition and for clusters the even-more expensive Cluster Server...BTW ever wondered what difference there is between WinNT WS and SRV? Nothing, but the more advanced features are simply disabled in cheaper versions... but they are certainly right in saying that you need couple of PIII XEONs to run NT fast enough in demanding situations:-) -They say that support for Linux is expensive but then they say that it does not exist to a great degree which means that it cannot be expensive...and of course forget to tell about their "inexpensive" support options...but they are certainly right in saying that it takes time to train real SAs who understand what's going on instead of people who just point-and-click-and-damn-it_wont_work-so-try_again-or-i_dunno:-) -the best item is:"Linux makes no sense on the desktop" (sic!) No comment... i use FBSD as my desktop machine for more than half a year now exclusively and never wanted to go back to win ever since...and the machine cannot even demonstrate its server abilities because the univ sysadmin will not allow this for students... :-( I will not even mention the infamous comments about benchmark results a la Mindcraft, the security issues, etc. Of course there are many items of truth in there as well, which partly apply to us as well... eg the Journalling FS issue... others are more Linux-specific like the lack of a centralised repository (i'd recommend www.freebsd.org...it will not be easy to find something comparable for Linux) and as for the security ratings, the Hungarian Government has not certified any version of NT yet and that is what counts for me first:-))))) On the other hand, for a more-or-less biased but critical view it is good to read mags like the WinNT Magazine (www.winntmag.com) where they point out interesting stuff for commercial UNICES as well which M$ officially cannot do... and then read our sources for a biased but critical view of NT:-)) Regards: Szilveszter ADAM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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