Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 6th Oct 2006 20:58 UTC, submitted by BluenoseJake
One of the most innovative features coming in Windows Longhorn Server isn't really a feature as much as a whole new version of Windows. It's called Server Core, and it will only take one-sixth of the disk space of a normal Longhorn installation. It's not expected to need anywhere near as many patches and hotfixes as Windows 2000. It's a version of Windows that does not, in fact, use windows. It's breaking Microsoft's long-standing reliance on graphical interfaces and shaking things up in several of Microsoft's product groups.
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RE[2]: Good Work, But How Will The Zelots Respond?
by twenex on Sat 7th Oct 2006 20:27
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RE[3]: Good Work, But How Will The Zelots Respond?
by NotParker on Sat 7th Oct 2006 22:40
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4GB! And you call that minimal?! Hah.
1/9th of the smallest hard drive you can buy is pretty minimal.
Of course most drives we are buying these days are 73GB or 146GB SCSI or 300GB SATA II, the percentages decline even further.
Did you notice that in 2000 Linux in the server space was growing at 132% ... then 63 ... then 40 ... then 20 ... now its at 6%?
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How will Windows zealots respond now that even Microsoft admits that the "everything for everyone" paradigm doesn't stand to the test in the server room?
By using Windows even more. And ignoring OSS zealots who now claim choice is a bad thing.
Leanness isn't that important for most of us. Most Windows 2003 installs can run in 4GB of disk space with no problem. Since its difficult to buy new SCSI drives in anything but 36GB or larger, dropping the minimum install to 1GB will most be helpful in Virtual Machines.
And since for performance and reduncy sakes its best to run VM's on their own drive, who cares if Windows takes 1/36th of a drive or 1/9th?
OTOH, choice is nice. This is just another nail in Linux's coffin.