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What Differentiates Linux from Windows? | |
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| Time: 10:01 EST/15:01 GMT | News Source: TechNewsWorld.com | Posted By: Brian Kvalheim | ||
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What really are the most fundamental differences between Windows variants like 2003/XP and Unix variants like Linux?
From a practical perspective, cost is an obvious differentiator, as are access to source and the ability to run outside the Intel processor environment. But it's possible to argue that those differences are neither real nor important. For example, cost is usually important in business only if the products being compared are otherwise very similar. Some companies have negotiated access to Windows source, and NT 4.0 Server on Alpha was, until quite recently, the fastest way to run any Microsoft OS. | ||
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| #1 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/12/2004 12:53:30 PM |
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This guy has just enough technical understanding to be dangerous to himself.
I agree with baarod, he's only giving part of the story, and then it's from a blind love of Unix point of view. That is, he's trying to point out all the failings of operating systems, points to some specific examples... and then discounts the fact that Unix is also affected by these same failings. |
| #2 By 12071 (203.217.20.231) at 3/13/2004 5:53:33 AM |
| #2 Do you have a link to an article written by an unbiased source (and that includes paid-for-studies)? If so, feel free to show us, until then we can all throw the "oooh I don't like what this person says so they must be biased" card! |
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