Salakhetdinov Shamil
mcp2004 at mail.ru
Sun May 12 07:02:17 CDT 2013
Hi Hans -- Not at all. But may I ask you did you read the whole article you have referred here? Thank you. -- Shamil Воскресенье, 12 мая 2013, 1:32 -07:00 от Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>: > The words of a man who just realised he's possibly in big trouble :p > > Best regards, > Hans-Christian Andersen > > > On 12 May 2013, at 00:01, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > > > Hi Jim, > > > > But did you read all the text of the article Hans referenced? > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- Shamil > > > > Суббота, 11 мая 2013, 15:15 -07:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: > >> Hi Hans: > >> > >> The comments from an insider. Nothing that everyone could not all ready see > >> but now a confirmation. At one point the developers, left, will all have to > >> move on, unless the whole upper management of Microsoft can be convinced to > >> move on. > >> > >> MS may have to be virtually wiped out before it can grow again. > >> > >> Jim > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian > >> Andersen > >> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 2:52 PM > >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The latest Debian > >> > >> Fun fact: Debian, on its own (excluding Debian based OSs like Ubuntu), is > >> the most widely used operating system in the server market. > >> > >> Here's another interested article with an admission from a Windows kernel > >> developer about why the Windows is slower and falling behind other > operating > >> systems like Linux: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=74 > >> > >> - Hans > >> > >> > >> On 2013-05-11, at 11:04 AM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> > >>> The latest Debian is here...Debian 7. > >>> > >>> With this release, Google has removing its old OS and now is actively > >>> porting all it Cloud to Debian. Debian is now using the latest Linux > >> core(?) > >>> which allows it to run on most of the major hardware architectures, all 32 > >>> and 64 bit Intel chips as well as on ARM, PowerPC, Itanium, IBM S/390 and > >> so > >>> on. > >>> > >>> Debian is not really a PC OS but a true server but it does come with a > >> nice > >>> little GUI (distro) called Xfce though most "real men and women" in the > >>> computer industry still prefer the command line interface. > >>> > >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/08/debian_seven_review/ > >>> > >>> Of course you can still get all the reliability and functionality through > >>> the Ubuntu and Mint distros which do tend to use more of the leading edge > >>> (bleeding edge?) versions of Debian. Ubuntu, for example is really a full > >>> blown server with a pretty interface and if ever needed, this PC desktop > >>> could step up run the entire network, limited of course only by the > >>> hardware. (The latest Ubuntu version 13.04, has been described as very > >> fast > >>> but boring...if you are a support tech you need more boring.) > >>> > >>> According to some developers Exchange mail server, at least version 2010 > >> and > >>> less, can runs fine on Debian but the 2012 version still requires some > >>> tweaks. The new Samba server completely replaces Active-directory. > >> Finally, > >>> MS SQL 2012 runs and is fully compatible on Linux. > >>> > >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh568451.aspx > >>> > >>> It looks like there is now less and less reasons to not migrate your > >> servers > >>> to Linux and Debian in particular. So why would you change if you have > >>> already have a Windows Server system? > >>> > >>> Answer: First, Linux runs up to three times as fast, can support almost a > >>> dozen times more clients than a similar configured MS server version > >> (using > >>> the same hardware) and takes only a fifth of the space. Second, the > >>> innovation on the Linux platforms are years ahead compared to MS (Example: > >>> Debian uses, by default, a disk OS, that is faster (reading and writing), > >>> with built in duplication and is self-healing but of course you can always > >>> install the ZFS disk OS if you are planning a thousand server network). > >>> Third, Linux (Debian) is rock solid reliable; no blue screens or software > >>> crashes. Fourth, security on Linux servers have been the absolute best. > >>> Fifth, and perhaps the least important, the initial product costs are > >> zero, > >>> but of course, tech support fees (your fees) are just the same. > >>> > >>> So why are you still installing Windows servers? ;-) > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dba-Tech mailing list > >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com