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____/ bbgruff on Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 13:14 : \____
> On Tuesday 19 July 2011 12:51 William Poaster wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> ____/ William Poaster on Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 12:37 : \____
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>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>>> ____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Tuesday 19 Jul 2011 11:44 : \____
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>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why enterprises will skip Windows 8
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
> http://blogs.computerworld.com/18634/why_enterprises_will_skip_windows_8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some troll visited there:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because Linux sucks. It's a nightmare to use and when you serve IT,
>>>>>> you have to support it with tons of money and resources. Something
>>>>>> you aren't going to get with Linux to the extent you will with
>>>>>> Windows. Not to mention the fact that ripping out your entire
>>>>>> system to switch to a worse OS costs tons of money and time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When are you Linux sycophants going to give it up?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh dear, why do we bother trying to replace Microsoft's fine products?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-D
>>>>>
>>>>> The author is not a Linux fan.
>>>>
>>>> Probably a dumb Wintel 'click & point' admin, who just has to have a GUI
>>>> on a server. There was one in the Ubuntu group who even ran screensavers
>>>> on his! (Unbelievable I know, but true.)
>>>>
>>>> And as the majority of the web runs on Linux servers (over 60% according
>>>> to Ballmer), it makes his statement even more ludicrous.
>>>
>>> Someone told me it's a lot more than 60% now (Ballmer said 60% 2 years
>>> ago and Red Hat grew a lot since then).
>>
>> It's quite possible, Roy. :-)
>
> The biggest survey I've seen was that of Security Space exactly 2 years ago.
>
> They surveyed 38,549,333 public web servers, and found:-
>
> Linux 74.29%
> Windows 20.36%
> BSD 5.35%
>
> That's not too different from the W3Techs survey in Sept 2010, which did
> "The top 1 Million", and found:
>
> Linux 63.7%
> Windows 33.7%
Linux haters don't like talking about servers.
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