Comment Re:the key (Score 2) 48
I wholeheartedly agree with your comments, and am consistantly amazed by the blind following of many linux advocates. I like Linux, however I see there are benefits in different platofrms for different purposes. I work in the IT industry, and I can safely say that WindowsNT when built properly, and maintained as a server should be is very rugged and reliable. Certainly the same can be said for *nix based systems, but the degree of knowledge to install, configure and secure one of these boxen is dramatically higher. (And a credit to ya's!)
As an aside, in my testing and learning about Win2K, I have come to the decision that it does hold the upper edge for at LEAST small-medium size organisations (by this I mean upwards of 000's of clients) will be a better selection for corporate OS. I think that this will start to show in the near future. If the various differnet flavours of linux, or unix develop the comprehensive, easy to manage systems that Microsoft have (whether they did it improperly of not) then they will have thier day. I guess the problem with this is that good idea's CAN be crushed, or copied into submission, a la Netscape, but realisticly, the browser war is a bad yardstick to measure by.
I guess the important thing is to make RATIONAL decisions based on YOUR impressions, rather than blindly following any mob that has numbers. In MY impression, there is NO WAY you would ever get a school running linux on the desktop in an easy to use fashion, with acceptable applications and maintain its security.
On the other hand, what we could create would be a generation of smarter, more freely thinking individuals who could certainly hack... ; )
Wouldnt the fun times roll on then...
As an aside, in my testing and learning about Win2K, I have come to the decision that it does hold the upper edge for at LEAST small-medium size organisations (by this I mean upwards of 000's of clients) will be a better selection for corporate OS. I think that this will start to show in the near future. If the various differnet flavours of linux, or unix develop the comprehensive, easy to manage systems that Microsoft have (whether they did it improperly of not) then they will have thier day. I guess the problem with this is that good idea's CAN be crushed, or copied into submission, a la Netscape, but realisticly, the browser war is a bad yardstick to measure by.
I guess the important thing is to make RATIONAL decisions based on YOUR impressions, rather than blindly following any mob that has numbers. In MY impression, there is NO WAY you would ever get a school running linux on the desktop in an easy to use fashion, with acceptable applications and maintain its security.
On the other hand, what we could create would be a generation of smarter, more freely thinking individuals who could certainly hack... ; )
Wouldnt the fun times roll on then...
