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A Look at Windows Server Outselling Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the deeper-and-deeper-way-down dept.

THG writes "CoolTechZone.com has an interesting look at Linux's position in the market now that Microsoft has sold more Windows Server software than Linux. From the article: "The most important reason that Windows based servers are doing so well could be that programmers find it extremely easy to work on .Net and other related technologies (seamless integration). Plus, you have hassle free and rapid support from Microsoft, which is a comforting feature for corporate customers. When Windows Live comes in, we will see further integration between the server and online technical support areas, thereby making the troubleshooting process easier for in-house administrators and reducing overhead costs for the company."

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  1. paid ad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    slashdot is now dead.

    piece of shit sellout.

  2. Windows 2003 is solid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been running it as a desktop for quite awhile. It has the solid NT kernel without all the extra cruft of XP. It is delivered in a locked down mode and must be specifically opened to enable each task. IE is delivered in a locked-down mode, but I use Opera as IE needs lots of locking down. I'd say 2003 is MSs first totally solid release. It has everything that 2000 promised to be with all the multimedia bells and gaming possibility of XP. Oh, and IIS 6 kicks ass. You might say it is MS first deliverable of a real web server. Oh, and MS OSs are finally remotely administrable, and administrable in large groups, something Unix/Linux was far ahead on up to now.

    1. Re:Windows 2003 is solid by neillewis · · Score: 0, Troll

      It'd be nice if a little competition made MS raise its game. Maybe in a few years MS will grace us with a truly great os, and it'll all be down to Linus.

  3. Re:Cred, where on cred is due... sigh by killjoe · · Score: 0, Troll

    I suggest a book on object oriented programming. You are used to a component oriented model and it seems like you haven't crossed over to thinking of applications as objects working together. In the .NET world you just slap components on a pagel, put in some SQL in the GUI and off you go making a program that is insanely hard to debug and virtually impossible to maintain.

    You need to unlearn your bad habits that's all. I would also hang out at c2 web (the original wiki) much to be learned there about object oriented programming, proper abstraction of layers, and design patterns.

    Skip the books on java, go straight to books on programming and design patterns.

    --
    evil is as evil does
  4. Re:Clueless article by croddy · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm intrigued -- what does the SQL query look like for "go to the value and press ctrl+0" ?

  5. Re:Clueless article by mattyrobinson69 · · Score: 0, Troll

    i'd also be interested in what is the sql query for 'click this button with the mouse'.

    thanks.