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- dsn0wman, on 03/27/2008, -2/+100Did any of the previous posters read the article? It has nothing to do with desktop machines!
- snugglebear, on 03/27/2008, -1/+78This has almost nothing to do with windows. Its more linux vs solaris and x86 vs SPARC.
For the love of god does anyone read the articles before digging them anymore? - inactive, on 03/27/2008, -27/+84I have no beef with Windows per se, but I have a lot of beef with Microsoft's unethical business tactics.
I let them know it by not buying their products. - thtroyer, on 03/27/2008, -0/+57Did you guys read the article at all?
It has nothing to do with personal computing. - LittleLORDevil, on 03/27/2008, -0/+44You should know Digg by now, anything with Unix, Windows in the article is just bait for the usual. Who cares what the article said?
Though I did like the article. - bherring, on 03/27/2008, -4/+35This guy makes a good point. It isn't bias if something works better. Anything else is just smoke and mirrors to sell you something they know won't do the job as well as a competitor's.
Why recommend a bicycle when someone really needs an automobile? A 737 when a helicopter is what the task requires? Is it biased to suggest a logger wear jeans instead of slacks? - inactive, on 03/27/2008, -2/+31READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU COMMENT!
- Nougat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+24It doesn't even have to do with Windows vs UNIX - it has to do with x86 vs SPARC chip architecture, really.
- Roger, on 03/27/2008, -1/+24The zealots here don't care.
- casuallyevil, on 03/27/2008, -3/+26Buried for being irrelevant to... everything indicated by the title.
- Hobofuzz, on 03/27/2008, -11/+33I'm gonna take this moment to put a little damper on the inevitable Linux parade:
Linux IS NOT UNIX.
UNIX works far better than Linux. - colincornaby, on 03/27/2008, -4/+24Yes it does. I runs perfectly under OS X and Linux with WINE. I should know, it's how I play CS:S.
- BlueSkyfish, on 03/27/2008, -2/+22Yes, because the ability to play video games is such a high priority for business machines.
- zcets, on 03/27/2008, -16/+34in other news water is wet.
- Bulletbillx, on 03/27/2008, -1/+18It is *NIX like though. seems like all modern OSes except Windows are *NIX like though LOL.
- theaceoffire, on 03/27/2008, -9/+26Which is not Unix at all, but is still worth mentioning as a great OS.
- thomasprebble, on 03/27/2008, -1/+17A history that extends right back to their famous meeting with IBM.
- ozid, on 03/27/2008, -0/+16only a sith lord deals in absolutes.
- MetalCharms, on 03/27/2008, -4/+19Are you saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ? As in, without a boot disk, without any drivers, and without any services ?
That sounds preposterous to me.
If it were true (and I doubt it), then companies would be selling computers without a windows. This clearly is not happening, so there must be some error in your calculations. I hope you realise that windows is more than just Office ? Its a whole system that runs the computer from start to finish, and that is a very difficult thing to acheive. A lot of people dont realise this.
Microsoft just spent $9 billion and many years to create Vista, so it does not sound reasonable that some new alternative could just snap into existence overnight like that. It would take billions of dollars and a massive effort to achieve. IBM tried, and spent a huge amount of money developing OS/2 but could never keep up with Windows. Apple tried to create their own system for years, but finally gave up recently and moved to Intel and Microsoft.
Its just not possible that a freeware like the Linux could be extended to the point where it runs the entire computer fron start to finish, without using some of the more critical parts of windows. Not possible.
I think you need to re-examine your assumptions. - Dumbledorito, on 03/27/2008, -6/+21Reading? That's for Windows users. Headlines that promote *nix are all about the SAME THING, you know, and that's how much Windows sucks!
Note: this sarcasm was posted from a machine running an OS that meets my needs adequately, so I have little desire to proclaim what it is like a religious nut in the street, screaming from atop a stolen milk crate. - mal1964, on 03/27/2008, -2/+16A hammer doesn't tighten screws as good as a screwdriver.
- SniperGX1, on 03/27/2008, -3/+16It's not very clear what OS you are for and which you are against... It sounds like you are saying Unix is the higher technology and Windows is the antiquated technology. There aren't examples like: Unix is fully 64 bit and windows can barely handle it, Unix uses package management and Windows is stuck in isolated .exe files for installation, Windows uses WGA so your server has to ask Microsoft each day for permission to keep your business online when Unix doesn't, or new Unix servers can be brought online in 10 minutes via Kickstart when the fastest way to bring new Windows servers online is to store an image of the drive using third party utilities.
If you think Windows is higher technology i would love examples. - Klowner, on 03/27/2008, -0/+13you're
- dougbarrett, on 03/27/2008, -2/+15I don't know why you are getting dugg down. Water really IS wet! I just went to go check right now!
- Kanidia, on 03/27/2008, -6/+18To be honest, I think that Apple and Google aren't that much better regarding ethical practice.
- vibrokatana, on 03/27/2008, -1/+12But my server has to run crysis at maximum resolution!
- gudnbluts, on 03/27/2008, -0/+11I thought they mostly put on womens' clothing, and hung around in bars?
- godamntheman, on 03/27/2008, -0/+11What does that have to do with the article, dealing with enterprise computing? My system runs cross compiling applications for VxWorks, and gets it done extremely fast to better serve my customers. To answer your question, no, our servers don't even have graphics cards; you don't use servers to play "games".
- neurophyre, on 03/27/2008, -5/+16Yeah, that's totally relevant to the question of maximum throughput for enterprise apps in a datacenter environment. Moron.
- HonoredMule, on 03/27/2008, -0/+11Only if mutual exclusivity is implied (i.e. the "others" cannot coexist with your preference). In the Real World (tm), that's not actually very common.
- Phocion55, on 03/27/2008, -0/+11I agree.....although slacks while logging can be quite liberating.
- colonelpanic, on 03/27/2008, -2/+12I have a lot of beef. It was cooking on my forman grill today.
- nodowntime, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10People don't want to read your diary because they are against bestiality.
- milliamp, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10Good point, bad example.
- ninja0, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10hahaaha I loved reading those articles.
- Herolint, on 03/27/2008, -2/+11There are some differences, but it mostly comes down to not being certified Unix (like OS X is). The problem is that the costs are too high and Linux development happens too fast for Unix certification to ever be a viable consideration.
Personally, as far as usability and administrator experience, I think Linux is an improvement over Unix, but when you really need to squeeze every last bit of power out of a machine, you really can't beat Solaris and SPARC. - BlueSkyfish, on 03/27/2008, -2/+11They only care about constructing additional pylons.
- MWeather, on 03/27/2008, -1/+10So you'd run the datacenter on Server 2008?
- MarkKezner, on 03/27/2008, -1/+10Thanks for sharing. That had nothing to do with the article.
- bherring, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9...liberating and ventilating.
- pauleric, on 03/27/2008, -1/+10I'm pretty sure that he meant higher priced and high maintenance.
- PixelEater, on 03/27/2008, -1/+10(b '-')b You seem like a reliable source of information!
- crapmatic, on 03/27/2008, -0/+8Hahaha... haven't heard "winblowz" since 1997.
- strictnein, on 03/27/2008, -0/+8And your point is... what? It doesn't matter whose "fault" it is.
And plenty of what I listed there and want to accomplish can be done in Linux. - godamntheman, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9I recently bought a Sun T5120 (8 core UltraSPARC 2, 32 gig ram, SunOS 5.9... awesome) -- it smokes our Linux server running on 64 bit intels, and uses only 1/3 the power. It even bests our SunFire T2000.
- webwulf, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9I am using ubuntu right now at home, but this is not what he is talking about. If you read the article, you would probably say "wow, this is really over my head".
- strictnein, on 03/27/2008, -3/+11Afraid? Or maybe some of us don't have time to burn a week to switch over to a different OS.
Ubuntu can't even properly setup 3 monitors on two Nvidia video cards. Now, add my smartphone, ipod touch, ipod shuffle, HP all in one, two UPSs, etc etc etc. Then, share your mp3s and movies across three systems, an Xbox 360, and an XBMC. Then setup an automatic Internet backup of my important work files as well as an automatic backup on my local network. I can set all that up in one day (or less) on a Windows box. I'm too f'en busy to try and figure all that ***** out on Linux and what's the benefit? I lose apps that I need and the replacements aren't up to snuff. I'm glad Linux works for you. It doesn't work for everyone. I've used it for over 10 years. It's not some magic OS. - colincornaby, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Works under both Crossover for OS X (it's one of the advertised apps), Crossover Games for OS X (again, one of the advertised games), and Wine. The OpenGL issues got fixed last year. After all, Battlefield 2142, which uses WineLib on the Mac, works just fine. Screenshot here: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/na ...
- ArthurSucks, on 03/27/2008, -0/+8Is this an advertisement or a comment? Did you get paid to post that?
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