aadhu Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 windows is gud for desktops.. easy UI n all but when it comes to servers it's hats off to linux.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemical Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 windows sucks, linux rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 19, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 19, 2004 windows sucks, linux rules. Naaah... Windows is a good deskop OS, and is a very capable server. They, just like Linux, require a good admin to ensure the latest security patches, etc, are kept up to date. My personal belief is that either the MS-Certs aren't that good and some people have the papers but lack the skills (perhaps true, perhaps not), or the corporate environment (Pointy-Haired Bosses) don't allow the updates due to 'risk evaluation' issues. For home users, any idiot can buy a PC from a store, and put it on the internet. (and, shhhh! some of them visit Neowin) ;) In the end, its mostly bout the capability of the administrators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManXcalibur Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Yeah they run Linux, I love the irony in that. A big time Windows site runs Linux, which is fine by me (both are great OSes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xer34 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 windows sucks, linux rules. dammit.. did you even bother to think or read before you posted that dumb comment?.. geesh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 dammit.. did you even bother to think or read before you posted that dumb comment?.. geesh grow some pubic hair then come back to reply. (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaKeY Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernet1 Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Forgive me if this is in the wrong location, but I just wanted to point everyones attention to:http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=neowin.net It appears that Neowin runs Linux, woot! Go Linux!! :D I don't think the site is accurate. We are also listed as running Linux, but we don't have it. We're running an XP box. I think if the system sees the word "Apache" it *assumes* it's a 'nix box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvo Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Just a reminder that by posting what I'm about to write, I am not in any way a linux zealot. Every O/S serves a specific purpose and we all know that. :D of course it runs linux! We all know that Linux/BSD are the most popular variants found of unix for workstations running http servers (BSD being rated as the most secure). Microsoft has unbeatable competition in this field and it will always stay like this no matter what wether the windows zealots like it or not. Most games don't even have a linux client but there are the linux dedicated server clients for server admins. I'd say around 90% of servers for a game is ran with the linux client. That's the story with games based on the q3 and ut2003/2004 engine. This is where Microsoft try to gain power with their next release of windows server which is 2004? (correct me if I'm wrong) but considering it's still the NT kernel, they won't go very far IMHO. Longhorn might be a different story but by 2006/2007, who knows how far linux will be. my 2 cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 20, 2004 I don't think the site is accurate. We are also listed as running Linux, but we don't have it. We're running an XP box. I think if the system sees the word "Apache" it *assumes* it's a 'nix box. Not entirely true. Apache is shown on Linux, BSD, Windows and more. A check of this site shows a Windows server using Apache. The data that Netcraft gets is only what they get from the server they connect to. And a server *can* be set up to lie (some admins do this to spoof potential crackers). Also, if a site is using mutliple PCs, I think that Netcraft detects this, and tries to track each; however, on the summary page, they list just one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucko Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 A web server runs Linux, big suprise there... Even Microsoft themselves run Linux on some of their servers although they're trying to replace it. LOL, trying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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