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IBM's Linux Upgrade Roadmap

Posted by michael on from the cheat-sheet dept.

petrus4 writes "IBM have put together a nine-part series on upgrading from various incarnations of Windows (NT in particular) to Linux. Although it's mainly aimed at corporate customers, it's a good read, and could help the Linux advocacy effort in general."

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  1. Wrong ScriptIdiot! by bwoodring · · Score: 2, Redundant

    1. Windows computers can have multiple user accounts, each of which having a seperate profile.

    2. Windows servers can have multiple users logged in simultaneously, each with their own user interface. This capability is included in all Windows Server operating systems.

    So how is Windows not a multi-user operating system? Just because you haven't seen Windows servers with concurrent logins doesn't mean that it isn't common, it just means that you are very ignorant.

  2. Re:Windows is a multi-user system.. WHAT? by Foolhardy · · Score: 1, Redundant
    In a general sense, any server can be used by multiple users at one time.

    You just wrote off Windows's terminal services; it IS support for multiple remote users but... you don't care?

    What if I said that the majority of Linux installations were single-user desktops? Would that make it any less multi-user? No: the quantity of computers in that role is not the same thing as its ability to perfrom that role. The fact that Windows multi-user terminal servers can exist is enough.
    Windows NT has had multiple user support since its first release; that support improved with NT4 TSE (terminal server edition), with native support for remote users.
    (from the article)
    Both Linux and Windows are multi-user operating systems. Both can be used by many different users, and give each user a separate environment and resources. Security is controlled based on the user's identity. Resource access can also be controlled by group membership, making it easier to work with rights for large numbers of users without having to touch each individual account.
    All that is true of both Windows(NT) and Linux.