[KLUG Members] Is NT Better then linux

[Bill]

On Monday 06 August 2001 18:34, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i was in my normal irc chat rooms, the topic was set to a
> webpage put out by M$ and it had to do with they think the nt
> is better then linux
> heres the link
> http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/ProductInfo/News/NTServer/Li
>nuxMyths.asp

This page was posted in October of 1999. It contained little 
truth then and contains even less now. It should be retired. 

It mentioned, among other things, that UNIX had not been 
designed from the ground up to support GUI's or SMP. 

That's true. But the web page is about Linux, isn't it? And 
GUI's did not exist when Unix was being designed. Moreover, a 
GUI is not always desireable. In Linux the OS runs just fine 
without that overhead. And it also runs just fine with any of 
several GUI's. 

It mentions that the basic concepts of Unix were about 30 years 
old ... as if that was a problem. But, really, is that a 
problem? The foundations of arithmetic are literally thousands 
of years old. But they still work. Reliably. Quickly. Gravity 
will still pull your fanny to the ground if you are careless on 
ice.

As for the "fine grained security model" ... well, tell that to 
Happy.exe, CodeRed or AnnaIloveYou.vbs. Even though there are 
more Unix servers on the web than NT, hackers still target NT 
far more often than Unix. Why? Because they are easier targets.

Notice that the Linux boxes also had to run SAMBA. This is a 
failing of Win / NT for not supporting a standard networking 
protocol but instead deciding to go their own way. Samba is not 
required for file serving / printing. It is only a requirement 
if you have to share files with MSFT os's. Unices / Linux run 
just fine without it.

This page made buzz when it was first printed and there were a 
number of fairly complete rebuttals made to it. It's getting 
late. The above is just a sample of what was wrong with that 
document.. For a fuller run down try searching "google groups" @ 
http://groups.google.com

Bill
-- 
... and reply to "selinux", instead.