On a related topic, I'm tired of the FUD from both sides. While I think Microsoft can afford to engage in FUD, I believe its a lethal waste of resources for the OSS community to do so, of which it's been doing a lot lately.
Even the linked report is full of FUD and inaccuracies. One inaccuracy that shows either deceit or lack of detail is the Netcraft graph for active web servers. The author states that while Apache is gaining, everyone else is decreasing or staying the same, yet a cursory glance at the graph shows IIS with a respectable ramp up, albeit not as admirable as Apache's I have serious concerns about this new OSS trend of engaging in FUD. I think that's just what Microsoft wants to happen. They want to distract the enemy... and they are. Most OSS enthusiasts and developers I talk to have NO clue about the current state of Microsoft's products. They crack jokes about Windows and flaws and bugs that were long fixed, or that refer to the now-ancient DOS-based Windows 9x operating systems. They have no clue about http.sys or how IIS 6 is designed (hint: they paid a lot of attention to Apache) or how Windows 2003 is designed, or how rock-solid it is, or whats coming in SP1, or the SCW (Microsoft's beginning of an answer to SELinux). Disclaimer: I'm platform-agnostic and use everything. I just want the FUD to stop and I want real, healthy, unbridled competition, because this is where each party truly excels. /per On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:11:15 +0000, Bob Crandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Here is a source of information that might be helpful: > > http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html > > -- > Bob Crandell, CLS, CNS > Assured Computing, Inc. > When you need to be sure. > http://www.assuredcomp.com/ > 921 Country Club Road, Suite 100 > Eugene, OR 97402 > Voice - 541-868-0331 > FAX - 541-463-1627 > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
