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EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-better-than-the-rest dept.

daria42 writes "Large enterprises should not use Linux because it is not secure enough, has scalability problems and could fork into many different flavours, according to the Agility Alliance, which includes IT heavyweights EDS, Oracle, Cisco, Microsoft, Sun, Dell and EMC."

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  1. Hmmmm.. by Sonicated · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The top arcticle on Slashdot states:

    EDS: Linux is Insecure, Unscalable

    ..and the one below it states:

    Google and Their Server Farm

    Google is small, they always get hacked and their search engine doesn't scale. QED.

    ;)

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Interesting

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  3. Re:What a bunch... by bonch · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I never said KDE was a fork of GNOME or vice versa. I was just illustrating that having parallel platforms stagnates progress. The point is the same.

    Having several different libraries that implement widgets have nothing to do with forking. And at least Linux has only two big ones. I rarely use Windows anymore, but each time I do I'm amazed at the non-standard look of every damned application. I mean, for some bizarre reason every firewall, antivirus, IM program, office suite, etc. has to have its own widgets, and MS applications aren't an exception.


    That's true, but it's nowhere near how bad it is in Linux. If your only standard for comparison is the way Windows looks, desktop Linux is never going to improve. And regardless, the vast majority of Windows apps DO look the same and use native widgets, have buttons in the same place, have the same menu items, use the same keyboard shortcuts, and can copy-paste damn near anything between each other. The Linux offerings don't come close, because they won't standardize.
  4. Re:What a bunch... by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    " Oh look, Microsoft is in that bunch too, the internets surprise me daily."

    Hmm...actually, out of all of the groups.companies listed up there...I'd almost have to say EDS This stupid &$*#(# NMCI system they have burdened the Navy with cannot be described any nicer than as a royal 'clusterfuck'...horrible network connectivity...using windows, no good apps for admins to connect and admin to their machines...so slow, and restrictive. I mean, sure, it might be ok for a secretary to use just to do some word docs and powerpoint presentations, but, for people that need to code or so serious admin work...TOTALLY useless.

    And that is ONLY the functionality issues...they way they fuck the govt. out of money by what they charge is outrageous...not to mention the red tape involved just to get a simple request fulfilled.

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