This is great, a big slap in the face to Gates. I have worked with both Windows and Linux and I can honestly say Linux is much better than Windows and Linux is free!
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I also have used Linux and Windows, and I really enjoyed Linux but I currently use Microsoft. Like it or not Windows has a very firm grip on the personal computer software market. Also Windows XP is a very stable operating system, A good degree better than any previous incarnations (in my opion) and is not going to push a large portion of the casual computer users to move over to linux which requires more of a script knowedge base to maintain. In this story they chose linux because it was a lower cost alternative to the products that run on Windows , Not that windows couldn't do it but wouldn't do it for the same price.
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classic. Just classic.
Thank you
Thanks for demonstrating that people can respond to a 9 year old story and still manage to completely miss the point. Not the least of which is that the town's solution was not free, merely 10% that of the cost of a Microsoft solution.
Second, the "slap" didn't go unpunished. What is left of Caldera lives only in the file folders of a group of lawyers who file suit against all things Linux; see also: SCO. Further, after SCO's arguments were finally silenced by Novell's apparent ownership of the Unix code in question, their first order of business was to sign on with a Microsoft-led FUD campaign.
None of this really speaks to the overall superiority of either system; it merely demonstrates that the 800 lb. gorilla of Redmond still has more weight to throw around than your average penguin.
I'd like to see a followup to this story. How is the town faring? As Caldera is no longer supported/available, what does the town use currently? Still a Linux solution? Has Microsoft made a "donation" of a complete Windows Server-based system? Their website is hosted on IIS 6, but their infrastructure need not be.
In reply to "missing the point"
In reply to "missing the point", I think you're missing one too. Caldera died because SCO betrayed Linux. In fact, they called upon 3 distributions to unite and make "United Linux". It was betrayal not only to those 3, but to Linux in general, when SCO tried to claim Linux contained some proprietary UNIX code. Sorry guys, but that is just totally not true, and the judges didn't buy it.
So before you state that nothing is left of Caldera, you should state WHY.
References from wikipedia page "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldera_Systems"
In 2002, Caldera joined with SuSE Linux, Turbolinux and Conectiva to form United Linux in an attempt to standardize Linux distributions.
In 2002, Caldera joined with SuSE Linux, Turbolinux and Conectiva to form United Linux in an attempt to standardize Linux distributions.
If you betray people, all sorts of bad things begin to happen one day or another. It will happen to Microsoft soon too, I can guarantee you that.
Best Regards.
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the tip. I linked to your article from "Bill Gates," an article I recently published as part of Google's new Knol project. You can see it HERE.
David Blomstrom
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