10 IT flame wars that will never go away
Jul 30, 2009, 22:04 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Jack Wallen)
"1: Linux vs. Windows
In my personal world, there has never been a bigger
“cause” to send me scrambling to my soapbox. In the mid
to late ’90s, Linux was all about “World
Domination,” and it wasn’t afraid to say so. It needed
that credo because it had what seemed like an un-winnable fight on
its hands. And although many still see that fight as un-winnable,
Linux has done the unthinkable by taking Windows down a peg or two
— and not only because of the Apache Web server. The Linux
desktop has proven to the world that it knows how to create
interfaces and desktops to one-up nearly all of the competition.
But Windows keeps the world in its stranglehold. The hardest (and
most influential) market to crack - the enterprise.
"The battle cry for these camps? Linux: “Freedom!”
and Windows: “Market share!”
"3: Cloud vs. local
Anyone who reads IT-related news has run into cloud computing. To
many, this is just another way to repackage thin clients. Those who
worked in IT in the early ’90s will remember thin clients
well. And most of these memories are not good. So those who
remember thin clients amid a cloud of horror will see cloud
computing in the same insufferable way. But to those managers of
larger enterprises looking to save money and manage machines with a
finer lens, cloud computing can be a boon."
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