[dba-Tech] PCs are here to stay

Thank you, Microsoft.

On another note, you should mention to your fellow that Samba 4.0 can now replace a windows active directory server altogether. Not only that, but if you have multiple Samba servers, they can figure out when talking to each other that they are Linux Samba servers and automatically switch to much faster file transfer speeds, because Samba does it better than Windows servers. :)

Best regards,
Hans-Christian Andersen


On 13 Jan 2013, at 20:48, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> One major factoid in amongst all the hype about the ever expanding Tablet
> and Smartphone market is the PC market is remaining absolutely stable.
> 
> Just because its popularity is dropping in comparison to other growing
> products does not mean it sales are dropping; it is just that other products
> sales are growing and more users are coming to the market. What is happening
> is that PC sales are still in the millions.
> 
> With Windows basically abandoning the PC, by either demanding users move to
> Windows 8 and by stopping the sales of Windows 7, it has left a big vacuum
> in Operating Systems. Because of this Linux has seen remarkable growth in
> adoption.
> 
> Today, I spoke with a fellow who had the pleasure and took the risk of
> allowing Ubuntu Linux 12.4, on half his network. He now wants me to have a
> talk with two more of his business friends about various Linux options,
> maybe sometime next week. These sites may seem small but put together with
> thousands of non-aligned techs through out the country the impact will be
> substantial...
> 
> ...And the truth is, once people step over into the Linux world, find it is
> all they need, enjoy the price and the rock-solid stability, they are
> unlikely to come back for anything less. Windows has done the Linux world a
> wonderful service and they deserve a hardy thank you.
> 
> Jim     
> 
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