Unreliable Linux Dumped from Crest Electronics

nri writes "The Age writes, Linux misses Windows of opportunity. Crest Electronics chose a Linux operating system, then seven months on, the company chose to abandon it for Windows. Mr Horton says. ".. the machine would basically, putting it in Windows terms, core dump or blue screen at random. It would run for weeks or so and then just bang, it would stop....I fully support Linux but if I had to make the decision again I'd pick Windows. A big reason is the fact Windows was up and running in two hours at all the right patch levels. The installation of SAP took two days on Windows, the installation on Linux Red Hat took two weeks. The total cost of ownership is actually lower in this case than with Linux because of the hidden costs of the support.""

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[LemonFire]

After reading the article (yes I actually read it) I decided that this article doesn't really say much about anything so I decided to not post anything.

Oh wait.... DOH!!!

Look, Ma, no cavities!

[timothykaine]

So much for that new self-brushing toothbrush. Lets see Windows XP Home Automation do that!

Re:Windows vs Linux

[eno2001]

Putting aside the "piece of shit" argument for a moment... Who the hell cares about SAP? I certainly don't. Computers do far more than pointless business crap. Making music and art is much more important than business. If I can get good results in those endeavours with Linux, then that will be my choice.