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The Open Source Server Quagmire
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| For many enterprises, the server OS
| presents a quagmire: They don't want to pay
| too much for the server OS on which they
| rely, but at the same time, they don't want
| their server OS makers going out of
| business. The big question is whether
| there's enough money in open source
| software to build strong and stable
| enterprise OS makers.
|
| If you run your business using Microsoft's
| Windows server OSes, then you really don't
| have to worry. The Redmond giant is rolling
| in cash thanks in no small part to the high
| prices it charges for its desktop and
| server OSes and the client access licenses
| it requires to connect one to the other.
|
| But open source companies are different.
| They don't sell their open source software
| per se, and therefore they don't make a lot
| of money. Peter Wayner over at InfoWorld
| wrote recently about two highly valued open
| source companies: MySQL, which Sun bought
| for $1 billion, and Red Hat, currently
| valued by the market at around $6 billion.
| This was what he had to say...
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http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3890426/The-Open-Source-Server-Quagmire.htm
When Experts aren't Experts bad stories happen...
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| The "Expert" also seemed to think it was
| harder to manage a Linux Server over a
| Windows Sever. This is strictly a matter
| of what you are used to. While there were
| times in my past where I did Administer
| Windows Servers. Going back now and trying
| to do things is difficult because of how
| much has changed. Learning and becoming an
| expert in any operating system takes time
| and requires work.
|
| Companies need to evaluate the Linux vs.
| Windows choice based on what they are
| trying to do. Everyone needs to not make
| this decision on a case by case basis.
| There are no hard fast rules and staffing
| and cost will always be the biggest things
| to determine it.
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http://linuxinstall.net/linux_news/2010/6/29/when-experts-arent-experts-bad-stories-happen.html
Related:
Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google
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| "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How
| are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some
| work to do."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html
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