[dba-Tech] Migration to Linux

Hi Shamil

It is much more than that, especially here.

A young computer graduate, had better be well versed in whole technology
sphere if he or she is planning to make a career of it. It was not more than
ten years ago that anyone could just become an expert in the world of
Microsoft and they were guaranteed longterm employment. That is not the way
it is today. A new tech had better know the internet, all the related
development tools and the main operating systems. Microsoft is only a part
(30 percent or less) of the new environment and a shrinking one at that.

As for "solid" and reliable or playing it safe, I would find great
difficulty in stating one environment or product is more stable than the
other.

Aside: the thing that makes this trend amusing is that living so close to
Redmond, Washington, the sales people here have had great difficulty holding
on to their major clients like governments and big businesses. Obviously the
MS sales teams in both Denmark and Russia have been superior in retaining
their core clients.  

Jim        

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov
Shamil
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 12:13 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Migration to Linux

 Hi Gustav, Jim and Hans --

> You are making too wide conclusions or assumptions
> from my short answer to Jim's original question
Yes.

> I love my home country, but it seems quite true 
> that danes (and scandinavians in general) like to play it safe.
I'd say  that "danes and (scandinavians in general)" like to make and use
"solid" (firm, lasting, reliable...) things - and making "solid" things is
quite different from "playing safe" IMO.
And that sentence above is my general observation - it has nothing related
to " 'MS Windows vs. Linux' great debates"....

-- Shamil

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:26 AM +02:00 from "Gustav Brock"
<gustav at cactus.dk>:
>Hi Jim and Hans
>
>It's not so. It's not black/white or blue/yellow. We do have a vivid Linux
community.
>You are making too wide conclusions or assumptions from my short answer to
Jim's original question.
>
>/gustav
>
>
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>Fra:  dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Hans-Christian
Andersen
>Sendt: 11. juni 2013 08:12
>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Migration to Linux
>
>I love my home country, but it seems quite true that danes (and
scandinavians in general) like to play it safe.
>
>- Hans
>
>
>On 2013-06-10, at 10:55 PM, "Jim Lawrence" < accessd at shaw.ca > wrote:
>
>> Hi Gustav:
>> 
>> No wonder you and Shamil are so confident on the continued dominance 
>> of Microsoft. Both your regions are solid MS OS enclaves.
>> 
>> It is not like that here, where there is a very mixed support for a 
>> host of different products and operating systems.
>> 
>> Jim
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