MSNBC: Linux up close: Time to switch | Linux Today

MSNBC: Linux up close: Time to switch

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 27, 1999

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.”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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