On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:51:32 -0500, Bill Denton wrote:


Most of the time, when a shop has Linux boxes, it doesn't have techs, it has
OS evangelists, who have a vested interest in insuring that Windows boxes
fail. In most instances, if they would spend as much time learning how to
administer Windows boxes as they do playing with Linux boxes they would see
a marked decrease in their failure rate.


That's simply not true in least.

Most Linux heads tend to be geeks, and they tend to put all kinds of geek
crap on their computers. Of course, none of this geek crap is written to
Microsoft standards because geeks know much better ways to do things. If you
put crappy, non-standard software on a machine, it will crash, no matter
what the underlying operating system.

That's simply not true in the least. Applications should not be able to
crash an OS. If it can, that's a serious OS bug. I would say that you've
been exposed to MS' OS a little too long without understanding what else
is out there.


So, which is better: Windows or Linux? That's like asking which is better:
hammers or screwdrivers. In both instances, you are looking at a tool, and
for a given job one may be superior. But it won't be superior for all jobs.

Not really. Both do the same roles. Thusly, it's fair to do a hammer to
hammer or screwdriver to screwdriver comparison.



And consider this: Do you send email? A large chunk of the recipients of
that email get it across networks that weren't set up by Phd/EE's, but were
instead set up by a reasonably intelligent person who saw the need for a
network, read a couple of Windows books, and was able to set up a Windows
network, thanks to the user-friendly Windows installation routines. If they
had needed to rely on Netware, or Linux, or any of the other non-Microsoft
systems those networks would never have been built.

Hate to tell you this, but the vast majority of the 'net is run on
Unix/Linux. It's considered to be the backbone of the 'net. Worse,
because the cost of entry to run windows is so low and they are commonly
used as endpoints on the 'net, windows computers are currently considered
the biggest threat and the greatest plague to date. As an example,
currently, the vast majority of spam actually originates from comprimised
win computers being used as open spam relays. These points have not been
lost in Washington either. Windows computers and their security are
considered a threat to national security. Feel free to check the
Department of Homeland security. Notice that the NSA is happy to develop
using Linux?

Long story short, friendly does not translate to reliability or any other
picture you're trying to paint.



And, in many instances, that's what counts...


You seriously should check your facts.


Cheers,

Greg Copeland