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The Continuing War Against Microsoft's "Facts" Campaign
davidmwilliams writes "I've been rallying against Microsoft's so-called 'Get the Facts' site for the last fortnight in my blog. Rather than give any legitimate comparison facing off Windows Server vs similarly spec'd Linux options, the Microsoft spin doctors opt for bunkum and hogwash with sensational headlines that don't have any substance underneath. Here's the state of play, including an update on my request to Microsoft PR to do something about the blatant lack of integrity displayed. I also go over the latest case study put up by Microsoft: they promise to show why people are choosing Windows Server 2008 over Linux using the City of Uppsala as an example."
Right. Sometimes it's BSD.
One word - future. Ten years from now, Windows Server 2003 will not run on then current hardware and much of your specialized and homebrew applications will not run properly on the new OS. You will have to migrate your data to new solutions and pay massive retraining and software maintenance costs.
With Redhat, you will have an option of staying with any component of your existing solution. If enough other people are interested or you can justify hiring in-house programmers, you can get the whole old operating system running on new hardware. For a less radical solution, you will be able to maintain existing C, X11 and Gtk+ libraries to get unchanged application binaries running on a new OS. The more open source code you have in your disposal, especially with an active development community, the more flexible and inexpensive your future hardware/software migration going to be.