Sualdam
10-29-2003, 12:15 PM
Quote from drac in another thread:
With win XP systems are quite stable. I was able to run XP pro box for over a month without a restart. I saw blue screen just few times.
Its still not where Linux is, but the gap is very small. Can say win is now almost as stable as Linux. The only difference is that Linux is free and each distribution comes with a lot of free software while windows is expensive and comes with almost no software.
For a server platform it should be clear that Linux is a better solution since it can do all that windows box can at a fraction of the price. In today's economy businesses cannot afford to go for expensive solution while equivalent cheap solution is available.
As for desktop, windows is still the king and will be for some time. It will take time for all these nice programs to be ported to Linux platform. But one day it will happen.
In conclusion, some time from now MS will be part of history just like regular cameras are slowly giving way to digital ones. MS has to pay a lot of programmers for the product and cannot save a lot of money, thus it will always have to charge a lot of cash for its products. On the other hand, Linux is open source and no money is needed to continue its development.
Open source software, in short, is a new way of creating software with budget in mind. Instead of doing something by themselves people are teaming up and doing it as a group - strength in numbers. Each member of the group contributes and reap the rewards. Large number of contributors reduce the process to minimal cost per product unit.
Is that being idealistic, or is open source the answer to all ills?
<Note: Please avoid MS-bashing and stay on topic ;)>
With win XP systems are quite stable. I was able to run XP pro box for over a month without a restart. I saw blue screen just few times.
Its still not where Linux is, but the gap is very small. Can say win is now almost as stable as Linux. The only difference is that Linux is free and each distribution comes with a lot of free software while windows is expensive and comes with almost no software.
For a server platform it should be clear that Linux is a better solution since it can do all that windows box can at a fraction of the price. In today's economy businesses cannot afford to go for expensive solution while equivalent cheap solution is available.
As for desktop, windows is still the king and will be for some time. It will take time for all these nice programs to be ported to Linux platform. But one day it will happen.
In conclusion, some time from now MS will be part of history just like regular cameras are slowly giving way to digital ones. MS has to pay a lot of programmers for the product and cannot save a lot of money, thus it will always have to charge a lot of cash for its products. On the other hand, Linux is open source and no money is needed to continue its development.
Open source software, in short, is a new way of creating software with budget in mind. Instead of doing something by themselves people are teaming up and doing it as a group - strength in numbers. Each member of the group contributes and reap the rewards. Large number of contributors reduce the process to minimal cost per product unit.
Is that being idealistic, or is open source the answer to all ills?
<Note: Please avoid MS-bashing and stay on topic ;)>