[Gllug] just preaching to the converted !

[Steve Nelson]

On 10/21/05, paul <paul at thinksolution.net> wrote:
> I know I'm just preaching to the converted here,
> in what I say next -but it is a revelation to me in
> some ways that I think the time REALLY has come
> for Linux to take serious chunks out of the
> microsoft market.

It already has.

> IMHO I think windows 2000 AS
> and 2003 AS have been rendered useless by the
> demands placed on these systems by spammers,
> hackers, (everything really).

I don't understand what you mean.  I run several hundred sites on 2000
and 2003 and even with Microsoft's hopeless patching, I still maintain
a very stable, very fast and very available site.

>  I still dont think
> that UNDER IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES, windows 2000
> Advanced server is that bad - but these days who
> can use it as we don't have ideal circumstances.

Depends what you mean - for a professional hosting provider, a decent
pair of firewalls, the ability to roll out patches and updates quickly
and (semi)automatically, decent hardware, and perhaps some form of
clustering for redundancy or performance would be standard.

> I used have the opinion that learning a new operating
> system took took too much time but its nothing
> in comparison to the efforts you have to make
> in order to keep win 2k afloat.

Either you've found learning Linux very very easy, or you live in some
virtual universe.  I agree, I would choose a debian box over a windows
box any day - much easier to keep happy, I agree, but keeping windows
systems up to date, clean, fast and available is trivial for any
professional sysadmin.

S.
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