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Who Needs Windows Home Server with Linux Around?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 22, 2007

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Is this a joke? I only recently started paying attention to
Windows Home Server, since I tend to focus more on desktop
operating systems and enterprise server systems. So I didn’t
realize until now that WHS is really just a vanilla file
server.

“There’s nothing wrong with being an ordinary file server for
the home. After all, with many home users having multiple computers
and gigabytes of music, photos and movies, it’s well past time for
homes to start having simple-to-use file servers. But, why pay
extra for it…?”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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