A Look at Windows Server Outselling Linux

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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[Anonymous Coward]

slashdot is now dead.

piece of shit sellout.

Windows 2003 is solid

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Windows 2003 is solid

[Anonymous Coward]

Agreed 110% - Windows Server 2003 (SP #1 + hotfix/patches/updates): It's GOOD stuff!

(Very stable/solid & its success out there as far as sales is starting to show VERY loudly)

Also, from articles I saw here recently?

Windows Server 2003 + SQLServer 2000 even performed more solidly than Linux + Oracle, OR, Linux + MyPHP!

(That was when Windows Server 2003 (fully SP #1 patched/hotfixed) was in combination with SQLServer 2000 (SP#3), which isn't as secure as SQLServer 2005 is)

NOW, the funniest part of the article I read here?

The fact that MOST of the "holes" found came NOT from the DB Engines used (MyPHP & Oracle) for Linux, but from the core/kernel of the Linux OS' used... & Windows Server 2003 proved FAR more secure/solid than Linux did!

99.999% uptime rated Windows Server 2003 (SP #1 + hotfix/patches/updates) is basically what Windows should have been all along, & it's about time imo... here it is, the "future is now" & all that!

Get used to it, Penguins.

APK

P.S.=> Fact is, nearly ALL the time here @ slashdot? Well, I see a LOAD of "Linux uber alles" said here @ slashdot! And, Lord help you if you post good things about Windows! Especially things with facts & research/studies behind them!

Then, you get called a "shill" & worse... pretty damn sad!

(Specifically if you show facts that show NT-based core types from that OS family (e.g.-> 2000/XP/Server 2003) have been found better than Linux @ various things)...

Then, if you DO say 'good things' about Windows, then most all of slashdot comes "down on you" for saying it. Again, that's sad!

If you "Pro-Linux Penguins" can't handle a bit of competition, then you need to mellow out/grow up & MAYBE, just maybe, start contributing code to your OpenSource OS, instead of posting here about it only!

I.E.-> Try to help make it better by writing code for it!

(BUT, then that would be assuming you "Pro-Linux Penguins" actually have the skills necessary to code around it that is - I would say the majority of those here do NOT possess that skillset, period)

You find that bitching/talking about Linux being better than Windows is easier to do than actually helping to better your OS of choice, on whatever level - specifically, coding for it)... apk

Re:Windows 2003 is solid

[neillewis]

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.

Re:Cred, where on cred is due... sigh

[killjoe]

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.

Re:Clueless article

[croddy]

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

Re:Clueless article

[mattyrobinson69]

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

thanks.