> On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, you wrote:> > The latest 'Linux is crap because' are :
> >
> > 1) 'Linux is only capable of blocking'. I thought Unix became non blocking about
> > 1980, but I'm not sure. If it did I assume Linux is as well.
I know nothing about this.
>
> > 2) NT / 2000 are completely object oriented from the ground up. Linux / Unix
> > are 'monolithoc monstrosities that wouldn't know an object it it bit them'. I
> > really don't know if the Linux kernel is OO or not.
>
WindowsNT is not an object oriented OS, it is a library oriented OS. Just have
them look at their disk drives and count the number of .dll files- i.e. dynamic
(loading or linkng, I can never remember which) libraries. What they are
referring to are the OLE and ODBC functions of Windows. CORBA gives Linux the
same functionality of ODBC, and OLE has caused as many problems as it has
benefits.
If I install EVERY piece of software that comes on the Mandrake CD,and
StarOffice, I have a system that can be used as a web server, development
platform, SQL database server and development platform, complete office
workstation, graphics workstation (GIMP), HTML authoring system, ftp server,
news server, mail server and several other functions. Total hard drive space for
ALL of this software and capabilities- 1.5GB. Now who's the monolithic monster?
(Oh yeah, them how much this would cost once you include all of the NT plugins
and Microsoft add-ons to equal the same capablities. We checked at work and the
answer wsa over $5000 in MS licensing fees)
>> 3) 'Linux / Unix is onlycapable of non pre-emptive scheduling, which is crap
> > compared to the vastlysuperior MS models'. Again, I have no answer to this.
Windows borrowed the idea
of multitasking on a desktop from the Amiga- and did a lousy job of it. UNIX /
Linux have supported preemptive multitasking long before MS ever developed a
system capable of doing so. This is why most scientific applications still run
UNIX.
Oh yeah- ask these "smart guys" about clustering technology and what the
largest cluster of commercially used NT systems is- I don't know of a single
one.
Turbolinux has quite a few customers running their clustering Linux technology.
Also IBM just announced they are going to build a clustered system using
Netfinity servers and Linux to create what will be the 24th most powerful
computer in the world. NT is not capable of such a feat at this time.
