I don't usually post but I follow the discussions with a great deal of interest. This discussion is particularly interesting and has prompted me out from under my rock to throw in my 2 cents worth.I'll climb back under my rock when I'm done.
> 3. > Linux, what can I said about this little friend? I admit that > I am a Microsoft kind of guy, I administer 18 MS servers and 2 > Linux boxes which are serving as secondary DNS servers. > > I really like Command Line Interfaces, commands prompts or > whatever you call it. So Linux for me is not as hard, but If > the company you work for can afford Microsoft OSs, then go for > it. Linux is getting more and more mature but does not have a > clear support that you want for a production server. They > don`t even standarize the Graphic Interface (Linuxers every > single day discuss about which is better (KDE or GNOME). > Linux has some serious security issues (Sendmail, Apache) and > when there is a patch, sometimes the patch is installing the > lastest version of the service (that`s something that a network > or systems administration won`t like). Imaging installing a > new release once a month. A lot of people are contributing on > the Linus Project, but it is getting out of his hands. > > By now, I can`t recommend Linux for a mission critical > production server. Tunning Linux is not easy but can be done. > I can't believe these statements. What a load of rubbish. Just because there are choices available for GUI, thats bad? (you dn't usually run linux servers with a GUI, waste of resources). As for Sendmail, Apache, these are not part of the OS, they are apps that run on Linux (you can get Apache for windows). You can't make such a comparison and lump it all as Linux. On the subject of patches, I don't know of any major piece of software (be it OS or whatever) that don't have continuous patches and updates (including Cisco), why is that bad? And finally on production servers, I know sites running linux in such roles with a great deal of success and realiability. You may think tuning Linux is not easy but in fact it is very easy to do and well documented. At least you can see exactly what the OS is doing and have lot more control on how the kernel behaves. I believe (from a variety of magazine surveys,etc) that the Red Hat Certification (RHCE) is right up there with Cisco. RHCE follows Cisco in that you have to do a practical lab to get your cert, which I have been told is very tough. I'll get off my soapbox now; I am not trying to be provocative at all, I just think misinformation is bad and not useful. I concur with what other people have said already, if you like networking and Cisco, do it. Don't worry about what the other guy is doing. I would comment though that Linux, FreeBSD, etc are very useful and vaulable tools that can greatly help your understanding of networking. Its really great setting up a dozen really old PCs with linux as web,ftp,mail servers, DNS boxes, even NetBIOS server/clients and running them up on a Cisco lab scenario and run your own little internet! Beats "pinging" everything. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66820&t=66811 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
