Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 00:46 +0200, Sandy Drobic wrote:
Standard is a nice word. The last time I checked Linux was the standard for efficient and reliable mailservers (Sendmail, Postfix, Exim...), none of them are available under Windows.
You're excluding the entire Exchange universe from your "reliable mailservers". Which pretty much sinks this argument. As much as most people on this list may despise Exchange [including me] it is not inherently unreliable - it just *really* needs to be configured by someone who *really* knows what they are doing [I'd assert the same is true for every groupware solution].
I wasn't talking about groupware or imap servers I mentioned mailservers. I also didn't mention domino which can run on windows. Those are all solutions that can provide basic smtp functionality though never on the same scale an granularity as Postfix.
I would hate to think about trying spam filtering on a windows box.
This is quite [very?] common and works just fine.
Not in my experience.
Let's move on to webservers. While Windows has gained quite a bigger part of the cake, the majority of servers still run Apache/Linux. While here a Windows version is available it is still not as efficient and "standard" as the linux version.
This is a flimsy reason. The question for web servers is what is the recommended platform for the specific web services/applications you host.
That was NOT the question here! The question was "Standard". And that is Apache.
Let's talk about downtime. My linux boxes need one command to stay all up-to-date. They seldom require a reboot (only when a kernel update is available). I can then schedule a reboot reliable at a convenient time.
The same is true for any recent version of Windows Server.
Forget it! I have to maintain Windows servers, and the handling is not really convenient.
My windows boxes are notoriously hard to keep up-to-date because I need to reboot them all the time. It is a bit difficult to schedule reliable reboots since the scripting is more difficult and I have to to it every month. :-((
You need to setup a local WSUS service.
That is already running and has nothing to do with the need to reboot the boxes. It's not so troublesome with the desktops, those are shut off at the end of the day, so rebooting isn't a real problem. But the servers and their need to reboot give me some headaches.
There are lots of reasons why I have both in my company. I am using whatever system fits the requirements best.
Which is the best explanation; but to be convincing to management arguments need to be more specific.
Strange, I thought that was the weakest argument and most irrelevant point. :-)) -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) drobic (.) de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org