I am just telling you what I heard directly from Microsoft... You know, it is different hearing it from rumours or the occasional news item and actually hearing it directly from the source :-)
I personally am a fan of Linux and have been using it since 1996. I also think that for a server or distributed application nothing can beat it (I have a 64-node Linux cluster btw) As most have said -- Linux installation on a non-standard PC is much more easy to do -- but I think the majority of normal users are interested in getting an OS that is a piece of cake/no-brainer to install and use. This is what I think MS mean by "usability". Cheers, Angelo Dalli ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Philip Serracino Inglott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:48:30 +0200 >Dear Angelo, > >This posting sounds a bit like a flame bait. > >It is well known that MS benchmark Linux. The two systems do influence >each other in many ways. >Just think of the look and feel of KDE and the fact that ASP supporst >Perl-like regexps. > >As to how obvious the obvious is: you mention ease of installation, >presumebly you mean ease of installation >on an avarage PC bought recently with a plain vanilla configuration and >periferals. I wonder what the results >would be like if you compared installing on cd-rom less or screen less >workstations. > >What i'm tring to say is that the word "Wins" does not make much sense >when comparing different categories. >If you race a Landrover against a ferrari the ferrari wins! ( as long as >you are not racing up selmun hill) > >Hmmm I wonder what my girl friend would think if she knew you called her >a geek :-P she uses >gnome without any hassle! and the version of linux you are looking for >is probabbly a >KDE setup. It will not run windows applications of course (excluding the >use of WINE) >but then agin I'd like a version of windows with that extra feature >called "no cost" too. > >Thanks for the feedback anyway > >Philip > > >Angelo Dalli wrote: > >>Hi guys, >> >>just had an interesting chat with some people working for Microsoft >>Research... (whom I shall not name) >> >>And surprise, surprise -- they actually do benchmark Windows against Linux >>:-) In fact they have a "Linux Advisory Group" within MS :-) >> >>Their results just confirm the obvious: in certain areas, like storage >>handling and uptime reliability, Linux wins. On usability and ease of >>installation, Windows wins. >> >>I would love to have a version of Linux that can support Windows applications >>seamlessly and that can allow normal users to actually *use it* without all >>the hassle involved, but I think that for now Linux will remain a server >>and/or geek oriented OS. >> >>Cheers, >> >>Angelo Dalli >> >> >> >>______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ >>Sent via the WebMail system at maltalinks.com >> >> >> >> >>--- >>[This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] >> >>_______________________________________________ >>MLUG-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> >> >> >> >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.] > > ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Sent via the WebMail system at maltalinks.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for spam and viruses by NextGen.net.]
