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.""

Comments

Different results

[Grax]

They got to do what they got to do but my results have been much different.

My server machines regularly run for a year or two without rebooting. About that time I invariably decide it needs more memory or some other hardware upgrade that requires a reboot.

Anyone...

[Dehumanizer]

... who takes two weeks to install a piece of software is absolutely incompetent.

In such a case, it's certainly much easier to blame the operating system than admitting it...