Linux vs. Windows - All You Need to Know
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| Linux already powers everything from supercomputers to mobile phones. Google
| runs more than 10,000 Linux servers. Amazon.com switched to Linux and saved a
| cool $17 million. The French National Assembly has started using Ubuntu on
| more than 1,000 computers. Since the blockbuster movie "Shrek," the
| DreamWorks studio has been using Linux to render its 3-D graphics and special
| effects.
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| [...]
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| Windows Vista
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| What's best about it?
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| Everything looks sharper and more vivid than it does on the outgoing Windows
| XP. The new Flip 3D application helps you quickly switch between the
| different windows, and the search features have been greatly improved, too.
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| What's worst about it?
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| Six months after it launched, gripes continue. Many people still complain
| that they can't run their favorite programs on Vista, so many others are
| holding off upgrading from XP until a second edition of Vista arrives.
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| How much does it cost?
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| Around Pounds 180 ($365) for the home Premium edition (Pounds 120 -- or
| $243 -- if you have XP already). If you want all the bells and whistles, go
| for the Ultimate edition at around Pounds 320 ($648).
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http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/59265.html
Google Desktop already offered superior search, and not just for Windows. Vista
is the fluff that locks Google Desktop out and looks better _out of the box_
(XP can be customised to look the same).
The article says that Google has 10,000 Linux servers, but Gartner begs to
differ:
Google: one million servers and counting
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| Gartner reckons that Google now make use of more than 1 million
| servers, spitting out search results, images, videos, emails and ads.
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http://www.pandia.com/sew/481-gartner.html
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