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Mexico: No More Linux for You, Either! | |
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| Time: 17:10 EST/22:10 GMT | News Source: Windows & .NET Magazine | Posted By: Adrian Latinak | ||
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And speaking of withering interest in Linux, the Mexican government's plan to equip its vast but underfinanced school system with computers running Linux has turned into a huge win for Microsoft. Mexico's RedEscolar project, which launched in 1998, has put computers in 4500 schools, but after 2 years, only 20 of those machines run Linux—the majority run Windows 98. Mexico blames a lack of Linux expertise and hardware incompatibilities. | ||
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| #1 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 11/15/2001 5:53:09 PM |
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Ok... again... hold on. You mean in the real world, the many claims and promises that Linux zealots insist on screaming at the top of their lungs, especially the fact that it's free and therefore must be cheaper, mean little if it's difficult to use and has poor hardware compatibility?
Bah. It must be a Microsoft conspiracy! ....[Man, I'm just full of good sarcasm today!] |
| #2 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/15/2001 6:30:33 PM |
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"the majority run Windows 98"
It seems that we were not talking about server products here (what MCSE's are supposed to be for, right?) but rather simple clients. How much expertise does it require to configure a client? "Lack of expertise because it takes smarter person to run Linux." It takes a smarter person to run Linux because Linux isn't intuitive? Less user friendly? In general not as apparently functional? Chozsun, enough with the flaming, we don't you post some intelligent comments, perhaps with a few relevant facts thrown in. |
| #3 By 2332 (129.21.145.80) at 11/16/2001 4:50:29 AM |
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#7 - So replacing Win+IIS with Linux is the solution for security problems which had patches available for months before the exploits showed up?
Ah... so what will they replace Linux with when they don't patch the security holes in it? What's that you say? No security holes in Linux? Ah.... right.... so I guess you would call the BSD telnet daemon (run in almost all distros of BSD and Linux) that allows remote root with a trivial exploit - a hole that's been there for 20 years - simply a... um.... mistake? Sigh... If you're too incompetent to run a Windows server, you are sure as hell too incompetent to run a Linux counterpart. |
| #4 By 1845 (207.173.73.201) at 11/16/2001 1:28:47 PM |
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Thanks for the comments chozsun. I think most admins or developers or teachers or construction works are going to recommend the products they know. Oracle is a market leader with databases, and they jump into other markets by saying the database is the answer. VB developers say you can do it better in C++, but I know VB, so I'm doing it in VB. Cray supercomputers for the longest time used one's compliment (maybe they still do) instead of switching to two's compliment which the industry had selected as the better alternative. People go with what they know
Another thing to consider is what makes one option better than another. Is it existing knowledge? Is it existing investment? Is it existing contracts/licenses? Is it lower cost for the hardware? Lower cost for the software? Lower TCO? Performance? Bandwidth? Integration with current infrastructure? If it would cost a company twice as much overall to educate its users to a new platform, then the better option might not be the technologically better platform. It all depends on who is making the call. "You know what, Microsoft is not the best solution but it is the only solution that I know so that is why we will be running it here." If the MCSE only "know[s]" Microsoft, the question is begged, how qualified is he to say that something else is better. If I'm an MCSD focused on Visual C++, how qualified am I to make a call on Sun's Java being of greater or lesser quality than Visual C++ if I don't also know Sun's Java (perhaps proving this knowledge with Sun Java certifications). Lastly, a company that says, "Oh, you're an MCSE, A+, CNE...that means you know what you are doing" is foolish. It is a good thing to look for, but shouldn't be the selling point. Personally I look for MCSD's when I hire people, but I am far more intersted in what they know and how they think than what cert they have. |
| #5 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 11/17/2001 4:20:20 PM |
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#11. "It is up to Microsoft and Microsoft Admins to raise the bar. That is the only thing I request. "
We do, every day... You just are unwilling to learn and adapt. |
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