On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 22:26, walt wrote: > The one thing that draws me to Mandrake is the fact that it is more > geared toward the desktop. I truly believe that the future of linux > depends on getting the common person to use it instead of windows and > most people use a desktop and do not have a server. As far as I am > concerned Mandrake makes a nice server too. If you have 20 servers in > your system, why not switch to the new corporate server just released?
the old one works ... is reliable. and if you dare mention to the sysadmin that you want him to lose is 200+ days of uptime he/she might strangle you *grin* James > > just my opinion... > > Walt > > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 01:14, Franki wrote: > > Yep, > > > > I totally agree.. Vincent made a statement that mdk was a desktop OS.. and > > that as such had no obligations to be a server.. > > > > I wasn't totally aware of that, I have seen blurb on the website about how > > mandrake makes good servers.. and that many of the examples that mandrake > > give in their newsletters are about mandrake as servers... > > > > As sad as it is to me,, I will probably swap to redhat or debian for servers > > in future, because a reload every 18 months is alittle to much for me.. we > > have 20 servers in our system.. and thats alot of work, not to mention that > > I have setup many small business's with mandrake 8.1/8.1 and 9.0 boxes... > > all of which don't have a long lifespan ahead.. > > > > I can only hope that when mandrake gets back in the black they will rethink > > this to some degree.. > > > > One of the reasons I have been parading to our dept heads that linux is > > better then winsucks is the longevity of the product... > > > > The only way to really get that now it seems.. is to use stable debian.. > > > > > > rgds > > > > Frank > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Rankin > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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