Comment Re:Could be useful as well as interesting (Score 1) 460
I've found that those kinds of people get replaced at decent companies.
I've found that those kinds of people get replaced at decent companies.
Tongue in cheek by the way. I've got to go read my APUE book.
Worthless.
> ZinePaint
Never heard of it, which is a problem with FLOSS software, it doesn't get the same marketing.
> Font Forge
Fontlab Studio. Never tried it, but it came up in Google on my first search.
> Pidgin
Pidgin is crap for one, but not the question. Trillian is much better, and both free and non-free.
> Firefox
Slow but not the question (Chrome or Iron are great). There are no non-free browsers of significance.
> Apache (Duh, IIS isn't)
That's your opinion, which is worthless. Apache can't do ASP.NET so it doesn't compare to IIS. IIS7 is excellent by the way, try it. I prefer Apache for some things, IIS for another, as each has its strengths (IIS being great internally where it's less open).
> SQLite
Using SQLite will prevent a company from getting government contracts. Government agencies want SQL Server because it is remote (SQLite is machine local), and is in fact highly secure for their purposes (my company has a lot of experience in this department).
> Windows as a server OS?
Windows Server 2003 and 2008/R2 are fine if you know how to set them up (same as Linux/UNIX/Solaris). You need Windows Server for Exchange and AD, Samba simply isn't there yet for large organizations with multi-domain setups and integrated Exchange (again, my company's experience is here). I do hope Samba gets there someday and for a free Exchange alternative that does email, calendar, meetings, scheduling, etc.
> Without LVM and software RAID?
Don't do software RAID. Do hardware RAID with SAS. I don't bother with LVM, it isn't necessary in any setup I've ever seen.
> Solaris with ZFS...
Is dying, and can't support a Windows network setup. I only use Solaris in Windows environments for DNS and routing.
> I'm a troll today
That's fine, just take it easy and remember that Linux and FLOSS are not the solution to every problem and simply never will be.
"When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical." -- Jon Carroll