Once again Microsoft has come up with one of the most artistic articles ever. In other words it was creative, or all made up. I would like to point out a few things about the article as many of us would. 1) Where did they pull those test results from? another Mindcraft experiment? I've seen wild comparison scores before but these are just ridiculously biased.
2)Myth: NT is more reliable than Linux, I keep hearing stories from NT admins about how they dream of that 99.95% uptime but just can't achieve it, at least my newest Linux box (6months old) has never once crashed and has only ever been down because I kicked the power plug out:)
What is Microshafts obsession with being commercially proven ? Does a system have to be commercially proven before it's good? I don't think so. A large amount of technology currently in use was developed by government and by the public and then adopted by business. I think Microsoft's stance here is something of Peer pressure, if we all do it, you have to do it.
Myth: Linux is Free, Now this is just a joke. Of course you have to pay for Linux support, not everything is free, and I'm sure you'll find it a lot cheaper to build a Linux network even if you have to spend twice the manhours to build it.
Myth Linux security model is weak - "Linux only provides access controls for files and directories. In contrast, every object in Windows NT..can be regulated as appropriate." Every object in Linux is a file, Linux doesn't rely on the f*(king registry.
In summary, I think Microsoft could have found some substantiated claims to make against Linux and probably something solid to backup NT. I don't think this article when read by a real IT worker could ever be taken seriously, and as such won't do much damage to the Linux good name.
Come on everybody laugh, Microsoft just made a joke.
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I've seen wild comparison scores before but these are just ridiculously biased.
2)Myth: NT is more reliable than Linux,
I keep hearing stories from NT admins about how they dream of that 99.95% uptime but just can't achieve it, at least my newest Linux box (6months old) has never once crashed and has only ever been down because I kicked the power plug out
What is Microshafts obsession with being commercially proven ?
Does a system have to be commercially proven before it's good? I don't think so. A large amount of technology currently in use was developed by government and by the public and then adopted by business. I think Microsoft's stance here is something of Peer pressure, if we all do it, you have to do it.
Myth: Linux is Free,
Now this is just a joke. Of course you have to pay for Linux support, not everything is free, and I'm sure you'll find it a lot cheaper to build a Linux network even if you have to spend twice the manhours to build it.
Myth Linux security model is weak -
"Linux only provides access controls for files and directories. In contrast, every object in Windows NT..can be regulated as appropriate." Every object in Linux is a file, Linux doesn't rely on the f*(king registry.
Come on everybody laugh, Microsoft just made a joke.