Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 13:49:59 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can we learn from this article? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0110111343520.82951-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20011011141126.B6386@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, j mckitrick wrote: > This article, > > http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/14035.html > > from OSOpinion, expresses the concern that a huge opportunity was missed > by not advancing the free Unixen in the gap between Win2k and XP. Now > that XP has headless server control and other features that make it more > condusive, what is the possibility that IT managers will go with XP > instead of a non-MS server OS? Will performance matter at that point? > Or will security be the up-and-coming burning issue for XP? Huh? XP is not a server operating system, and MS is not marketing it as such. Win2K is still their "server OS". The only opportunity that might have been "missed" by anyone is advancing the Open Source OSes as desktop operating systems. Most people already see them as excellent server operating systems. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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