“Save a Penguin, Unplug a Linux Server” May Win Most-Flamable E-Mail Award

“I just got an [e-mail from] Sun which is probably the largest
violation of L. Ron Hubbard’s Survey tech that I’ve ever seen. It
was an e-mail with the title of, ‘Save a Penguin–Unplug a Linux
Server Today.’ The e-mail was fairly good-natured, with a headline
paragraph stating,

“Linux x86-based servers have enjoyed success in the Web tier by
delivering UNIX capabilities in a low-cost, open-source platform.
However, power-hungry commodity Linux servers are driving up costs
as companies continue to build-out Web tier infrastructures
horizontally. Yesterday’s cost-cutting solutions, inexpensive
servers, are today’s resource wasters. High-growth Linux Web
infrastructures are inefficient, costly, and difficult to
manage…”

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