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EWeek Details Linux to Windows Migration

Posted by michael on from the flying-north-for-the-winter dept.

nakhla writes "Even though we always hear stories of companies migrating from Windows to Linux, eWeek is running a story describing several companies that have migrated from Linux to Windows. Among their reasons are inadequate support options, application compatibility issues, stability problems, and the added cost of troubleshooting."

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  1. Reasons I switched from Linux to Windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Basically, it was too hard for people to exploit my system. Now, I've got IE and IIS, and I'm open to the world! That's interopability baby.

  2. In a similar effort... by YodaToo · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...we've recently started migrating large blocks of code from Java to COBOL.

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    This way to the egress...
  3. Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can understand migrating away from Linux, but .. to Windows?!?! WTF? 1991 called, they want their computer back!

    "There was a limit set up within the program that said you can only order 'x' amount of products within one transaction," Roy said. "When one of our guests went over the limit, it crashed the whole store. We then had to manually identify the erroneous credit card charges."
    Yep, sounds like an OS problem. [rolls eyes]
  4. What a coincidence! by cliveholloway · · Score: 4, Funny

    We've just started porting our Perl apps to Java.

    cLive ;-)

    (let the flame wars begin :)

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  5. Re:Linux Abologists Abound by One+Louder · · Score: 4, Funny
    Ok, I'll take on the job of fixing some of the problems mentioned in the article.

    (waves magic wand) *Poof* - there are now other SQL database programs available for Linux than Oracle. I have arbitrarily decided to call them "MySQL" and "PostgreSQL".

    (waves again) *Poof* - the limit on how many items can be put in a shopping cart has been fixed in the Linux kernel! All you have to do now is fix the bug in the third-party application.

    Let's see those Windows guys provide that kind of support!

  6. Re:Digested article & snappy retorts by maximilln · · Score: 4, Funny

    When one of our guests went over the limit, it crashed the whole store

    640k of purchases is enough for anyone.

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