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MSNBC: Linux up close: Time to switch

Feb 27, 1999, 13:21 (4 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

Here's a re-print of an earlier Smart Reseller article.

Thanks to Michael Pak for this link.

"Forget Linux's hype. Forget Microsoft Corp.'s server market share. The bottom line, according to our hands-on analysis, is that commercial Linux releases can do much more with far less than Windows NT Server can."

"According to ZDLabs' results, each of the commercial Linux releases ate NT's lunch."

"you name a server application type, and it's in there."

"Once installed, all the Linux platforms performed like champs. We never encountered a single crash over the course of several weeks of testing. Network operating system stability has a new name - Linux."

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