Also stuff like multiple screens can be added as freeware (without spyware) and they will perform very nicely. But as Dante said there are a lot of things this woman mentions that show she doesn't have much experience with Windows. Plus botnets are important, not every business can afford millions in servers to build out clusters :p. Like Dante said only the careless have a guarantee.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay let's make a bullet list of reality instead of a bullet list of > self-congratulatory masturbation. > > > - That "silly reinstall thing" is exactly for NOT well-maintained > stations. If one maintains well an XP or 2000 station, it can run at top > performance for years and years, SP after SP. > - I have stations that were migrated from 2000 to XP, and others that > were migrated from XP to Vista, without any reinstallation involved. The > upgrade options are there, and they work a lot of times. Not every time, > for > sure, but a lot. > - "Supports more hardware" is a very different concept than "runs on > anything". Besides, each OS has it's own place. Why in hell would I want a > Windows OS on a router? Not only that, but the whole "running linux on > everything under the sun" is also debatable. > - She clearly doesn't know anything about Windows OS's. > - She also haven't heard of BartPE either, which really amazes me. > - Read previous bullet point > - Has she ever heard of "cmd" ? Or maybe even PowerShell? I don't think > so. > - There is software RAID on Windows, and it works in an ok-level. Linux > software RAID is definitely much better. > - For Windows there's NTFS. Period. It's tightly integrated with the > system and works. > - Virtualizers that are crippleware? Again, doesn't know squat. > - Another item that's just ignorable. Anyone care to explain something > that falls into this category? > - Without fear? LOL!!!! definitely NOT one-click and NOT without fear > on Linux... > - Does she really think DELL would install by hand each pc that's sold > with Windows? Seriously, is she for real? Never heard of Sysprep? damn.... > - She might be just as careless as someone else I replied to earlier... > - Compiz is cool indeed > - Agree with the multiple workspaces, disagree with the rest for more > than obvious reasons... > - Anyone care to explain on this one? I thought java tools would run > everywhere... > - Linux is definitely NOT for beginners. Intermediate, yes. > - The cost is one of the differences that come with closed source > software. The rest is debatable. > - ??? is this about clustering? > - read above > > Again, each OS has it's own place. But before all, if you must really make > bad comments about the other, you better know both sides to make comments > that make at least some sort of sense. > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-09-19-034-35-PS-CY-SW >> >> flame on! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
