Re: TI-H: [OT] Un-TI-Hardware@somegenerousperson.net
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Re: TI-H: [OT] Un-TI-Hardware@somegenerousperson.net
>>From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
>>NT isn't decent for anything though.
>
>Perhaps for you, it works well enough for lots of other
>people tho. Maybe you just don't know how to use it ;)
Lets see... $400 for the OS and 5 users. $900 more for e-mail. I don't
get it...
Linux - Does 10x more than NT, is standard amoung network servers. Cost?
4 hours of download or $10. Unlimited users.
>Really though, as has been said many times before, each
>OS has its own strenghts.
>Also, I don't know many people who would switch operating
>systems just so they could run a list server when there is
>software available for their current OS (and I didn't know
>what OS he was using).
NT is a cheep network os. the only people that use it are the ones that
can't afford a tech to install linux. If they went to their local high
school or middle school, they could pickup a kid to install and maintain
linux.
I run MKLinux (RedHat PPC), Linux (RedHat x86), NetBSD, and a variant of
AT&T + Berkley Linux.
I also used to run NT 3.51, but quickly transhed it. My SE/30 16MHz and
386 20 both serve www pages faster than a PII 166MHz with NT.
Linux can be run on just about any computer you find in the trash and prove
to be a wonderful machine.
Grant
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