Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun May 12 11:28:09 CDT 2013
Yes, although I haven't read all the comments. How about you? Did you read the whole article? - Hans On 2013-05-12, at 5:02 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com