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Server Makers Push Linux
Rob writes "The bi-annual LinuxWorld trade show is under way this week in San Francisco, and once
again the major platform makers are swearing their fealty to Linux and trying to figure
out any angle they can to use Linux as a lever to wrest sales away from their competition
and money out of their customer bases. The Linux market has largely proven itself (even if
it is still dwarfed by Windows and Unix), and now the major server makers are getting down
to the brass tacks of marketing as
well as broadening and deepening their support of Linux on their platforms." Also FYI, I will be attending the Slashdot BOF session on Wednesday and answering questions. I'm hoping to be able to show people a good demo of Slashdot in CSS!
It's absolutely awesome, and 100% reliable.
But more than anything else, I don't have to worry about my shit getting hackified. Well, obviously there is always a chance. But, I know it's a helluva lot more secure than any Windows ISS server.
I know I'm not even a zit on the butt of the internet in terms of the stuff I serve up, but, it's relevant that home users like myself trust Linux over Windows.
My site
My films
I can't wait for the day when evangalism gives way to common sense and rational thought. A day when the Slashdot crowd can discuss this topic with equal thought and consideration to both sides of the fence.
What I mean is, I use Linux daily at work - a stripped-down workstation thin client platform that I maintain - and it's simple. I've had experience doing the same sort of thing with Windows 2000 (well, not Terminal Services style, but participating in a domain with roaming profiles and locked-down policies), and it was just a nightmare. But that said, Windows does have its high points. Usability isn't necessarily one of them, nor is interoperatbility/server reliabilitiy, but for many offices it does a bang-up job of getting stuff done.
I prefer to use the right tool for the job, and I think for this particular post, it's sort of a no-brainer that Linux/FreeBSD are the right tools for the job. Or, to put it in an OS War context, Linux/FreeBSD are perfect for the Big Iron, and somewhat adaptable to the Small Iron, but Windows tries and, generally, succeeds at the Small Iron.
Personally, I prefer FreeBSD, but according to Netcraft, it's just me.
I still think that's the most impressive CSSification of slashdot because it uses the exact same HTML as this and this and this and even this very different style. Note that all of those are the exact same HTML page, only the style sheet changed.
If a CSS slashdot were that flexible, we could probably have PDA-friendly styles very easily.
Has anyone got any reliable installed base figures?
Well, at my desk at work, I have one Windows (XP) box, one Linux (FC3), and one Sun Ultra 10 with Solaris. So, they're all about even on this reliable installed base.
I'm happy, she's happy. So cut the BS about grandmothers unable to cope with "Linux".
Well, I'm not a grandmother. In fact I used to be a programmer. How about telling me what I'm supposed to do in Ubuntu when I install a new application, then there's no way to start it? I ran into that nice little problem twice just this morning. This is just one reason why Linux is just on my "fun box". I would never use it as is for anything important.
I don't respond to AC's.