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Dark Hacker wrote:
"So the popularity of Windows NT isn't because of technical merit... its
because Bill Gates has you all locked into his products so tightly that you
can't wiggle out from his tight-fisted grasp..."
For me the reason I use NT is because it is what 90% of thes rest of the
world uses and it's more profitable, more conveinent and less time-consuming
for me to be compatible with the overwhelming majority than it is to have
some remote technical advantage. NT does everything I need it to do and
this is probably the case for 80% of the people out there. This is why I
don't use a Mac which I much prefer over a PC.
Brian.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dark Hacker [mailto:hacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 05, 1998 10:27 PM
To: Andy Dunn
Cc: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Linux vs NT...
On Sun, 4 Oct 1998, Andy Dunn wrote:
> hee hee hee, puttin out the fire with gasoline...
>
> OK your Linux/Unix lovers, check out ZiffDaffis' hardcore review of the
TOP9 webservers and guess...just guess who kicked ass?
> NT..yep
My suspicion is that these servers are supporting facilities that *only*
Microsoft browsers understand. They're probably running Active-X controls
and .ASP server side pages.
So the popularity of Windows NT isn't because of technical merit... its
because Bill Gates has you all locked into his products so tightly that
you can't wiggle out from his tight-fisted grasp...
You get Windows 95 so you get the browser bundled in with it... but since
you want to use all those way-cool features Microsoft provides you are now
forcing the server adminstrator to run an NT server to support those
gee-gaws.
When it comes to supporting popular vendor-neutral standards, Unix based
servers and software are generally the choice.
- Hacker
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