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[Ryan Leathers]

Jim,

I think your point about taking longer to build servers using Linux is
just silly - now you may not be familiar with kickstart and similar
means of mass rollout, but I know for a fact that you are familiar
enough with Emu to know better.  Seriously... was it past your bedtime
when you made that point?


On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 16:47 -0500, Jim Ray wrote:
> hmmm....that's what you're saying.  i rest my case and see where this 
> conversation is going....
> 
> William Sutton wrote:
> 
> >Hmmm...so what you're saying is that as long as all you want is a drop in 
> >place solution, Windows is cheaper.  That may or may not be the case, but 
> >I think a good analysis is required to make that determination.  From a 
> >quick off the top of my head thinking....I see the following:
> >
> >Windows Pros:
> >-----
> >unpack, install plug in, off you go
> >gui admin interface for people who don't necessarily want to or need to 
> >know how things work
> >
> >Windows Cons:
> >-----
> >cost:  licensing, training, retraining, certifications, maintenance costs 
> >(esp. if you sign up for Microsoft's advanced patching program)
> >vulnerability to virii, worms, etc.
> >
> >Linux Pros:
> >-----
> >free (beer || speech)
> >can run on cheaper hardware
> >less vulnerable to worms, not (afaik) vulnerable to virii
> >the standard for reliable web and mail servers
> >
> >Linux Cons:
> >-----
> >takes some knowledge to get up and running
> >does not have some of the fancy, slick things that Microsoft have (for 
> >example, WSDLs for SOAP services)
> >
> >other thoughts on the list?
> >
> >  
> >
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