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'Don't Compare GNU/Linux with Windows or MacOS'

Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 11th Jul 2008 22:30 UTC, submitted by pas de calais

"Recently a blog post entitled 'Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy' has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of 'Linux ain't ready yet' jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?" Ryan Cartwright at Freesoftware Magazine is on fine form with this wonderfully splenetic broadside. Read the full tirade at FSM.

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RE: Good Article

by troy.w.banther on Sat 12th Jul 2008 03:28 UTC in reply to "Good Article"

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2008-06-28

"GNU/Linux cannot be measured in the same way as a proprietary OS"

As someone who works on the inside of a "real" data center I can say we are replacing Windows servers with Linux servers "and" Windows desktops with Linux desktops or OS X.

Yes, there is still a multitude of Windows XP and several Vista machines. Most of these came with the pieces of plastic or steel they were boxed in.

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RE[2]: Good Article

by flanque on Sun 13th Jul 2008 03:15 in reply to "RE: Good Article"

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2005-12-15

As someone who works in another "real" datacentre and supports the infrastructure at the O/S and app level, I can say that we're not moving away from Solaris and Windows any time soon.

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RE[3]: Good Article

by Moulinneuf on Sun 13th Jul 2008 18:07 in reply to "RE[2]: Good Article"

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2005-07-06

"Real" data center all use GNU/Linux in some capacity.

It's probably starring you in the face but you don't know it's running GNU/Linux.

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