Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Feb 2009 16:59 UTC
Microsoft plans to release "something akin to" a netbook version of Windows, but for servers, not PCs, over the next month or two, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on a call with members of the financial community on Tuesday. He said that although there is not high demand at the moment for netbook-like server hardware, declining prices in the server market make a low-cost OS an attractive option for customers. "We don't exactly have a netbook phenomenon, but if somebody can buy a [US]$500 server, they're a little loathe to spend $500 for the server operating system that goes with it," Ballmer said. He described the software as a "low-cost, low-price, low-functionality Windows Server SKU" called "Foundation Edition," but did not offer more details.
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Though I'm a Microsoft (Server) user, I appreaciate someone pointing to facts, and better, from his/her real personal everyday experience.
Yes, there are fields where Linux shines and there are places where Windows shines. I could say that Windows is still rather a teenage for some of those scenarios (though someone might consider that blasphemy since Windows server versions are out since middle of 90s) though is improving very quickly.
All in all, I think one could say that Windows Server is now a very serious competitor (as sales prove) to Unix systems. Those days where stability and performance were a tiny fraction of other systems are rather far now.
I have to say I've seen scenarios where multi-TB data were involved and performance were good, though I didn't work in those scenarios myself, actually.
When big institutions like banks, mail delivery companies and so forth start to migrate to Windows, you can be sure there's a way to handle those huge workloads and huge datasets in a efficient way.