“An article, posted on the Windows NT section of Microsoft’s
website, takes Linux apart piece by piece, stating open source
advocates are wrong to claim Linux is more reliable and offers
higher performance…”
“The software behemoth concluded, “The Linux operating system is
not suitable for mainstream usage by business or home users…”
“These claims are not real world,” said John Winters, proprietor
of the Linux Emporium, a U.K.-based webstore. “I deal with big
banks and they have a procedure of rebooting their NT servers twice
a week, so the system is down when they decide instead of when it
feels like it. I last rebooted my Linux server in April-and
then it was only because I was running some new cabling.”