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| dmaftei 2001-10-24, 6:19 pm |
| And why is that so harsh? It's normal...  | |
| imran1430 2001-10-24, 6:25 pm |
| sad reality? | |
| dmaftei 2001-10-24, 7:44 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by imran1430
sad reality?
What's sad, if you ask me, is that the crappiest operating system in history (MS Windows, in case someone's wondering) dominates the desktop world with a percentage of 80 - 90% or whatever that is. THAT's marketing from good ol' Bill... [grin] | |
| ccieToBe 2001-10-24, 8:15 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by dmaftei
What's sad, if you ask me, is that the crappiest operating system in history (MS Windows, in case someone's wondering) dominates the desktop world with a percentage of 80 - 90% or whatever that is. THAT's marketing from good ol' Bill... [grin]
I hear ya. If you look at it from a technical standpoint Unix blows Windows away. This article's estimates on the need for less maintanance aren't far off from reality -- I use to administer an NT based network that's now FreeBSD based. Since the migration I've only needed to spend about 20% of the time that I use to maintaining the servers. Admitedly, it does take longer to setup new services, but it pays off quickly. | |
| sbragib 2001-10-25, 12:47 am |
| Yes it is Sad reality.
Sad, because most of the people in the industry including the M$ know that technology, security and Managebality wise they will need couples of centuries to catchup with Unix.
But one thing we all have to accept is they have the best marketing policy which no other company in the industy has.
that said, it is harsh, cruel and sad..... | |
| limsam 2001-10-25, 1:34 am |
| TO Make an OS successfull, you need a good marketing stregy ONLY. We have seen it.
Windows NT or the most advertised windows 2000 are far behind the availability, scalability, reliabilty, and robustness of Unix/Linux.
But, we see practicaly which is sold in large numbers.
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