On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 12:46:40PM -0500, Brian Wood wrote: > Larry Clemens: > > We sell them at our thrift store (2939 12^th Ave S., Mpls --about a > > block from the old Sears bldg., now the Midtown Exchange bldg.)for $50 + > > tax, but to folks who say the magic words., "Linux is great!", the price > > is $45 + tax, or three for $120 + tax. > > I'm not sure if Linux is great. I like it more than Windows, but > that's about all I can say. The following is a quote from James > Kanze on a C++ forum earlier this week. > > "I don't know about OS X, since I've never used it, > but it's true that Linux and Windows services are > far from robust. Neither are really what I'd take > as a model. (I wouldn't use either Linux or Windows > if I needed a reliable server.)" As much as I respect James Kanze's opinion on C++ (I have been reading his posts on and off for more than a decade) I would not be using an out-of-context negative quote to base my decisions about server operating systems on. I am interested in what works for him and what data about reliability is he employing when choosing a platform and dissing another. Cheers, florin -- Don't question authority! They don't know either. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110908/1d449fa7/attachment.pgp>