____/ BearItAll on Tuesday 13 November 2007 08:59 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Didn't the trolls (and typical Microsoft FUD) try to teach us that several
>> choices are a bad thing?
>>
>> Microsoft to ship Windows Server 2008, over time, in eight flavors
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft will ship all eight versions simultaneously, officials said,
>> | but will advise customers against deploying in production the
>> | Hyper-V-inclusive releases until the final hypervisor bits are
>> | available,
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=935
>>
>> Translation of the above: the product that we ship is not ready (i.e. it
>> is /indeed/ the next Vista-like disaster).
>>
>
> When I looked I was ready to jump on the band wagon, I thought it would be
> rediculous version splits like Vista was (Note: Those that don't remember
> Vista, it was MS's valient attempt to release a stable and safe operating
> system. You might see it in your local museum).
>
> But actually I thought the split in the server distros was reasonable. After
> all, if you haven't decided before you buy the server software whether you
> need hyper-v or not, then you shouldn't be wearing a IT badge. So if you
> take hyper-v out of the equation then it is simply a list of
> standard/enterprise and web. No different to Linux distros breakdown of
> versions. I assume the Datacentre is the one that comes with MSSQL.
>
> * Windows Server 2008 Standard with Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 DataCenter with Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 DataCenter without Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 Web Edition without Hyper-V
> * Windows Server 2008 Itanium Edition without Hyper-V
>
> MS servers have been proving much better than they once were, lets hope they
> haven't infected them with a bit of Vista.
It's the same codebase and it's predicted that it will be just as bad
(compatibility issues for starters). Vista is bad DNA, so Windows 7 is
unlikely to get any better. It'll be lipstick on the lipstick on a pig.
> We have to remember that whether we like it or not, there will be some
> companies/banks/agencies keeping information about us on MS servers and MS
> clients, so we need those servers to be good as much as MS does.
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