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Windows Servers Beat Linux Servers
RobbeR49 writes "Windows Server 2003 was recently compared against Linux and Unix variants in a survey by the Yankee Group, with Windows having a higher annual uptime than Linux. Unix was the big winner, however, beating both Windows and Linux in annual uptime. From the article: 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Linux distributions from "niche" open source vendors, are offline more and longer than either Windows or Unix competitors, the survey said. The reason: the scarcity of Linux and open source documentation.' Yankee Group is claiming no bias in the survey as they were not sponsored by any particular OS vendor."
I'm sorry, but I can't trust any study done by a woman who is this butt-ugly. Or this superstitious.
Assuming that, in fact, she had anything to do with the report.
(Yes I am being a "lookist" for comedic effect... I'm not a complete prick)
Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? - Calvin
Don't think anyone's mentioned this yet...
I know of some linux boxes that are amazingly reliable. I've owned three or four at least and on a couple of them I've had up times exceeding one year. No fuss, no muss.
The box? TiVo. ymmv
I understand computers quite well, yet I find myself kicking out Linux boxes and replacing them with Windows boxes and getting better peformance, supportablity and uptime.
Go figure.
Dude you must be like a PhD in math. You're wrong and the comment you're referring to was right. 0.9 + 0.2 * 0.9 = 0.9 + 0.18 = 1.08 or 0.9 + 0.2 * 0.9 = (1 + 0.2) * 0.9 = 1.2 * 0.9 = 1.08 Which is exactly what he said.
TANSTAAFL GIGO Acronyms to live by!
Okay, I will admit that this Didio person is obviously a corporate shill with an agenda. And I will go on the record as a Linux fan, infact I am running Ubuntu right this moment.
However, I do take some exceptions to Linux. I understand that slashdot is a haven for Linux and Mac users, but Linux can not ultimately flourish in a free market. I agree with that. Money is a fuel that companies use to power their company. Money comes in, which allows you to hire better employees, who put out a better product, which in turn creates more revenue, which is then used to purchase even better employees, who then turn out an even better product, etc. That is just simply how it works, and you can't change that.
Linux replaces money with "community" and the oppurtunity to learn. It's a grand idea, if not more than a little hippie-ish. I am pleasantly suprised with the latest distro of Ubuntu, but I can't help but wonder how much better it would be if people were actually getting paid to do nothing but work on Linux. Linux is a great learning tool for people to dive right in and to expand their programming knowledge. OSS allows any would be programmer to learn more about OS, applications, networking, drivers, etc.. Linux is an awesome learning tool, and I can tell that people are getting much better at it. Linux will always be around, but it lacks the proper "feul" to really elevate it to something greater.
As a manager, Ihad to make a decison about Windows vs. Linux. We chose to go with Linux because we found some college students who were familiar with it, for cheap. And Linux is renowned for its uptime and interoperability with other applications. However, you have to weigh "uptime" versus the lack of Linux skills in the general population. Could I easily find myself in a position where there is only one Linux Admin in the area who wants 3x as much as an MCSE? Of course I can. On the oppossite end, I run over at least 3 MCSE's every morning who would work for peanuts. You can't just look at uptime. You have to look at the cost of that uptime. If you are spending 3x as much to keep your Linux box up, then that isn't a smart business decision. Remember, business isn't about technology, it is about money. Having an admin who is sitting around waiting for someone to respond to a message board, so that we can get our server back up is ridiulous. And yet, it has happend to us several times since going with Linux. In contrast, some other servers that are still running Windows Server, haven't had a problem in over a year.