It's a bit outdated, but I just came across this.
http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp
Any comments?
jeroen@jota.nl http://www.jota.nl "With all the recent attention around Linux as an operating system, it's important to step back from the hype and look at the reality. First, it's worth noting that Linux is a UNIX-like operating system. Linux fundamentally relies on 30-year-old operating system technology and architecture. Linux was not designed from the ground-up to support symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP), graphical user interfaces (GUI), asynchronous I/O, fine-grained security model, and many other important characteristics of a modern operating system. These architectural
On Saturday 03 March 2001 01:50, Jeroen Verstegen wrote: limitations mean that as customers look for a platform to cost effectively deploy scalable, secure, and robust applications, Linux simply cannot deliver on the hype." It was Windows 'fine-grained security model" that let hackers from www.hackzone.ru browse their family jewels for nearly SIX weeks! WinXX is based on DOS, which is a 72 command subset of Unix. So DOS isn't even as powerful as Unix., or Linux. A lot of polish and improvements can take place in 30 years and Linux has benefited from them. That's probably whey Microsoft outsources critical website to hosts that use Unix and/or Linux! Like NT was desigened from the ground up with SMP. But, now that Linux has it it is interesting to note that a single Linux box often replaces 3 or 4 NT servers! How else is Linux making such inroads into WinXX server shop? "Cost effective, scalable, Roubust"??? Then why is Gates targeting prior versions of his OWN platform as being unstable and unreliable in an effort to peddle Win2K? He knows he can't sell the public on Win2K being "more robust and stable" than Linux. The long M$ leaves that site up the more funny it becomes! JLK