Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, 'All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys.' Continental was hit hard by SQL Slammer and 'our CEO said we'd failed,' Hanks said.
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Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations,and the Linux/open source alternative does not offer that, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, 'and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam' will get to a fix when he gets back from the 'dope house,' he said./p
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Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, 'All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys.' Continental was hit hard by SQL Slammer and 'our CEO said we'd failed,' Hanks said.
and
Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations,and the Linux/open source alternative does not offer that, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, 'and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam' will get to a fix when he gets back from the 'dope house,' he said./p