Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Nov 2005 15:49 UTC
Microsoft argues that revealing its server protocols would violate its intellectual property rights, but the Free Software Foundation Europe believes that the software giant's 'secret' information is just a messy implementation of standard technologies.
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2005-07-07
You are joking, aren't you?
After your monologue, ok, I've laughed enough, you've proven me that you don't know what you talk about. All you showed is that you're pumped with MS advertising.
Netcraft link
No, I just tried to provide picture, how many people tried WS2003 and went back. Obviously I failed to present what I wanted, or at least you want to see different picture.
Why would it be sad? They achieved this in less than 10 years.
You're comparing counted sold units (Windows are all counted and sold). This is why it is sad.
btw. MS achieved that because:
- Solaris has decline. Although I say again that they might come back with OpenSolaris, that is if they succed to opensource completely. Even I will start offering Solaris to customers that want it. For now I just redirected those to people that support Solaris.
- AIX cancelled
- Sco is dying (or migrating its bussines to litigation)
- HP/UX was canceled
- Linux is mostly downloaded and not counted.
Besides:
a) Linux is free
b) It is easier to migrate Unix->Linux than Unix->Windows
So, Windows entered the market late and had well known Unix servers against itself plus free Linux.
Yes, it is free and as such very rarely counted:)
Yes. Now it is. Still what has that to do with counted linux servers? Much, much more than half of Linux servers is not counted.
My example. Now around 60 servers. 2RHEL (58 uncounted, 2 counted). Other downloaded and not counted? Windows server 1 and counted.
btw. And I migrated (that would be around 80% of my servers) from Windows to Linux. For example 7 exchange servers where customers now don't have calendars, but at least mail works without problems. (yes, I expect you'll say that support probably sucked, why is this when IT ROCKS, and it is SOO EASY compared to Linux? A lot of wannabe-admins in Windows world or what? I doubt there are so many)
Services for NetWare 5.02 SP2
Any Netware support provided by MS was worth shit. All that it was used it was to show how MS network services are better (they just forget to say they cripled Netware). Remember Netware client? Anyone using windws client had only problems until he installed Novell Netware Client. Novell lost a lot of customers on this false advertising.
Same is with Services for Unix. They are a joke (although I say that they are better than nothing for someone relying on MS platforms if he has to connect his MS server with *niX servers (and plan migration from *niX). Going other way, well that part sucks). Have you even tested them? I have. Joke, I say.
MS interoperability is a one-way not two-way street.
Virtual Server and interoperability
Yeah, right. If I install BEOS on VMWare doesn't mean interoperability. Check the word meaning.
Virtual server is running another (and possibly different) OS under OS.
Interoperability is communication between software or services (preferably different).
Crossplatform interoperability is when interoperability happens between two or more different platforms (preferably different).