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I just found this:

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/facts/default.asp

Obviously it's by Microsoft. It just keeps me wondering how much futher MS has to go to actually beat Linux ;).

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Huh - hopefully anyone trying to decide which to go with doesn't look at a Microsoft or any linux company sponsored study too seriously!
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can't
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think he means

h0||a

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Post by no_memories »

Well,

I was weaned on Microsoft but do not think it's the best. For the average person it's great, especially with XP.

Since I've found PhP and MySQL, the server side stuff has changed a bit for me. Both have advantages and disadvantages. This is like politics; are you right wing or left wing, simply pick your poison and go from there. I'm a-political, so I keep an open mind, especially when it comes to the ever growing computer technology. Look in all directions - 8O

After installing medium sized gaming Windows NT/2000 based systems in casinos, Microsoft does put out some pretty solid server/client OS's. I've seen 10 POS's push a Windows 2000 server with a database by Mélange Inc pretty rigorously; taking thousands of customer's cash pretty effectively. So who's to say which is best, especially when clustering servers. It boils down to how they are set up.

For large scale systems, server arrays handle the juice, whether they are Linux or Windows based.

I say whatever works for each person or organization is fine.
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Post by Roja »

As no_memories says, it depends on the situation.

I just happen to put a different spin on it.. for example..

If you are in an environment where users will connect their client PC to the internet, don't ever use windows.

Why? Priveledge seperation, far more viruses that spread on the internet faster than you can patch, more secure-by-default, and so on.

However, there are situations where MS products can be excellent. I for one love the integration of access with excel. Its insanely powerful.

Nay asked the wrong question though.. its not how far MS has to go to beat Linux, its the other way around. However, Linux is catching up in leaps and bounds, and I would say that in two-to-three decades, we should see Linux (or a similar opensource, no-cost OS) become the defacto standard OS, and all other OS's become border cases.

We are just watching the inevitability of the capitalist system - a comparable product with lower cost wins, period.
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For as i see it.. Linux does not need to beat MIcrosoft. ( In many ways it already did. )

The best thing about Linux.. is that it is OpenSource..

Maby MS should do the same ...
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That Microsuck website is hilarious...

suprising Microsoft hasn't had it removed yet...
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lol totally Sami.........though it's quite impossible for MS to not discover an anti-MS site within 24 hours of opening - I wonder how this is still surviving. Also some stuff from google:

http://bbspot.com/News/2000/4/MS_Buys_Evil.html

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