| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by
linux based servers I'm sure, not linux computers.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
I work for a company with more linux servers than I can count. I am directly (with a team of 30 others) responsible for the upkeep of about 4,000 of them. Your traffic passes over our network every day. We have no Macintosh servers. Most of us have Macintosh desktops (well, in addition to Linux desktops for software development), for two reasons. First, we like Unix. Second, Windows sucks. I mean, it is just unpleasant to use. I'm not going to make a value judgement on it from a stability or utility standpoint. I don't trust my Macs any further than I trust Windows.
Anyways, what I was getting at here, is that it is silly to suggest that linux server ownership will overtake Mac server ownership. There is a very very very small number of Macintosh servers actually in the wild. And before you slashdot readers point out "Big Mac", the VT compute cluster, please note that I have, in this facility alone, more than ten times that many machines, running Linux, Solaris, and OSF1. Mostly Linux.
I won't comment on open source. Most of the people who have posted in this thread don't have a high degree of understanding. The principle is simple -- you have the source code. Therefore you do not pay for it, and if it breaks you can fix it, or suggest a fix to the author(s). This can not possibly be a bad thing.
Alex |