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> > After that long rant, I guess I should get back on topic. I chose to > switch to Linux (well F/OSS in general) because I wanted to have a > better understanding of how things happened in the OS and I wanted to > have more control. Things grew from there. I found the stability > amazing as my OS often outlasted my hardware (but not my roommate's > stupidity unfortunately.) It still amazes me that people run > webservers or any other services on Windows, but maybe that's just > because I've never tried IIS (chuckle), it always seemed natural to do I have several clients who use IIS (therefore I manage/support it). Before we get too smug it is faster than apache and has some nifty features. Also MS Server 2003/SBE has a somewhat sane default configuration. > it on Linux or FreeBSD. > I used to like FreeBSD, until I picked up my first SMP box (dual Pentium 200). Been linux pretty much ever since on the desktop. > > > On a slightly related note: > There is a good article by Neal Stephenson titled "In the Beginning > was the Command Line" that has a hilarious section at the start: > "MGBs, TANKS, AND BATMOBILES" > It goes on to describe a crossroads of four auto dealers (Microsoft, > Apple, Linux, and BeOS) and their products, Apple having sleek > machines that you have no idea how they work because you can't see on > the inside, Microsoft having an ugly station wagon among other things, > BeOS being a batmobile, and Linux being more advanced than an M1 tank > and was free with the guarantee that "But if you accept one of our > free tanks we will send volunteers to your house to fix it for free > while you sleep!" > > A copy of it can be found here: > http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/C_R_Y_P_T_O_N_O_M_I_C_O_N.shtml > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDY7bzwRXgH3rKGfMRArfPAKCBcuqPesX8zEnbbJk4z1JjZUenjwCfd6jz +zKtnoGQvgRpHtLB12hct1U= =jJle -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
