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On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:46:21 -0400 |
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"Albert W. Hopkins" <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On the server side, I don't think there is any major server |
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> manufacturer dumb enough to sell a system not capable of running |
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> Linux. |
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How very true. If a manufacturer tried that, they would lose the entire |
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ISP and backbone market in a flash. |
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Linux, BSD and Solaris rules that area. Windows doesn't even get a |
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look-in. |
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Next they'd lose the Oracle/Sybase/IQ/any-db-that-matters market where |
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those products do run on Windows (sort of a token gesture, useful for |
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POCs run by the technically clueless) but anyone with a brain does the |
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real work on Unix. |
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It usually takes just one phone call from the right person and an |
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entire corporate can switch from vendor X to vendor Y. It's scary to |
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watch. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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