Well, I'd like to think that *my* site makes good use of Javascript. When you enter the site, you get a small popup window. The window lists all the other people also viewing the page. If you click on their names, you can instant message them. Is that useless? I don't think so.
Wow. I've never seen Gates compliment us so well! First he claims that open source is only good at simple spplications like spreadsheets and word processesors. Hmm... But those simple applications are MS's cash cows.
So he's saying that OSS will produce products which people use. Umm... Right.:^)
And then he says that we can onyl produce simple applications. Thanks again! Look at the simple modular designs of open source applications. Pretty amazing right? It makes it easy for people to contribute and add features to that simple application.
Guys... He's complimenting us and making it sound like a complaint! I can live with that.
I do this every day. I run a site with millions of hits a day. It runs on Linux. It doesn't fall down -- day after day after day. High hit loads all the time. When we see 13 hits per second, we think that's low load.:^)
My company runs very large scale web sites on Linux right NOW. We get millions of hits a day, and Linux handles the load perfect, without complaint, and without problems or crashes. In fact, we use an Irix box for a file server on some of the sites and THAT machine crashes frequently.
As far as we are concerned, Linux is the best investment our company has made. The machines it runs on are cheap and plentiful. The operating system is low cost and very fast and reliable.
I think IBM is wrong when they say it shouldn't be used in these situations.
In addition, we also use Linux on the desktop for almost all employees. (There are a number of people in the company who need Word and so they don't use Linux.)
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Well, I'd like to think that *my* site makes good use of Javascript. When you enter the site, you get a small popup window. The window lists all the other people also viewing the page. If you click on their names, you can instant message them. Is that useless? I don't think so.
Wow. I've never seen Gates compliment us so well! First he claims that open source is only good at simple spplications like spreadsheets and word processesors. Hmm... But those simple applications are MS's cash cows.
:^)
So he's saying that OSS will produce products which people use. Umm... Right.
And then he says that we can onyl produce simple applications. Thanks again! Look at the simple modular designs of open source applications. Pretty amazing right? It makes it easy for people to contribute and add features to that simple application.
Guys... He's complimenting us and making it sound like a complaint! I can live with that.
Me too. You know Rob, there should be an easier way to see this score. :^)
I do this every day. I run a site with millions of hits a day. It runs on Linux. It doesn't fall down -- day after day after day. High hit loads all the time. When we see 13 hits per second, we think that's low load. :^)
My company runs very large scale web sites on Linux right NOW. We
get millions of hits a day, and Linux handles the load perfect, without
complaint, and without problems or crashes. In fact, we use an Irix box
for a file server on some of the sites and THAT machine crashes
frequently.
As far as we are concerned, Linux is the best investment our
company has made. The machines it runs on are cheap and plentiful. The
operating system is low cost and very fast and reliable.
I think IBM is wrong when they say it shouldn't be used in these
situations.
In addition, we also use Linux on the desktop for almost all
employees. (There are a number of people in the company who need Word and
so they don't use Linux.)