Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Server Core: Windows Without Windows
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>> | Server Core also recognizes -- based on painful experience -- that
>> | fewer "moving parts" in an operating system equates to fewer
>> | vulnerabilities, stability issues and maintenance points. Reducing the
>> | amount of code can help reduce the amount of bugs. That's what Server
>> | Core is all about.
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>> http://www.redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?EditorialsID=640
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>> Replace "Server" with "Fedora".
>>
>> See comments:
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>> | Honestly, why are they bothering? Just install Linux minus the GUI and
>> | you get a far more flexible environment than this is offering. Anyone
>> | whose used cmd.exe knows how limited it is to, say, bash.
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>> | linux/bsd are far superior to windows when it comes to servers... even
>> | by getting rid of the GUI msft has nothing on linux/bsd. don't even
>> | bother wasting your time or money.
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>> | great! now, will they make a 200mb stripped down WORKSTATION???
>> | something that would run like DSL linux or Knoppix? i doubt it. as far
>> | as i am concerned, there is no reason to even mess with this if you need
>> | a server... go to the pawn shop and get a low heat, low power
>> | consumption Macintosh G3 notebook and install linux. you can do so much
>> | more with that and it wont make any noise in your house.
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>> There is also an anonymous coward (Winvocate) among the commenters.
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> What a minute... I thought the GUI/EXPLORER was mingled into the os in such
> manner that it'd couldn't be separated out... Talk about lying through
> their teeth...
Except it isn't.
The GUI is removable and exchangable in XP & NT.
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Substantial penalty for early withdrawal.
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