Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 18:03:14 +0200 (MET DST) From: John K <john@volvo.se> To: doehrm@aubi.de Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Windows NT Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.990527175543.19559A-100000@nike.volvo.se> In-Reply-To: <AB06BBFD8AFBD111B07600805FCB119224269E@EXCHANGE.aubi.de>
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Hi Yes, i can definatly see a use for Windows NT for some applications that are not (yet ?) available on other systems. I want to be openminded and choose a solution that suits me. Whatever the OS. I don´t administer any machines (except for our DNS´s, and NT is horrible at that) It´s also a personal thing, and i relly like the idea of running free software anyway , with nothing important said as usual, im on my way home now take care all /john On Thu, 27 May 1999, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Markus_D=F6hr?= wrote: > > > I'm not trying to praise NT - just wanting some information > > > explaining why people should choose one OS over another. > > I can tell you we're running our SAP R/3 installation on NT servers with an > average uptime of 60 days and above. Most reboots are caused by updates of DB > and/or system, not due to crashes. I didn't believe before that NT is as > reliable as it appears. > > IMHO the main reason, why people choose NT for p. ex. webserver is the > availability of 'ready-to-install' software packages for e-commerce applications > etc. Although all the *BSD and *nix are obviously much more stable and much > faster, many companies don't have any specific knowledge of programming HTML nor > PHP-3. They'd like to have a ready solution for their need, only customization > has to be done, no real programming and adaption. They want install on monday > and run productive at thursday. > > It don't believe NT is as realiable as using it for an e-commerce solution, the > security holes in IIS are too bad and make me sick believing that it's secure. > On the other hand for making NT real secure, you need very much knowledge, I > think much more, than on any *nix, because of the proprietary binary-only > registry database, the file system rights and the unexpected behaviour when > chainging something and the worse: lack of debugging errors. > > People always think that NT is easier in administration - a real fallacy. The > complexity is hidden behind a nice point-and-klick-gui but in the depth it's > much more complicated than any other OS I know. If there are problems, you > always has to stand up, go to the console and try do find out what's goin' > wrong. No remote administration possible without buying expensive packages (SMS, > ResourceKit etc.). Try to administer NT over a 28.8 Modem and you better drive > 50 miles before stopping and starting services remotely. It's worse, really > worse. > > > -- > Markus Doehr > IT Admin > AUBI Baubeschläge GmbH > Tel.: +49 6503 917 152 > Fax : +49 6503 917 190 > e-Mail: doehrm@aubi.de > MD1139-RIPE > ************************* > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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