On 6/29/98, at 3:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Stating that NT has a great deal of downtime is a pretty broad
statement.
>> I think it would be better to put that NT has a greater potential for
>> downtime but it can be just as stable as Unix. Linux/Unix do to its
>> maturaty has a greater potential for uptime but it can be unstable. I
have
>> NT servers that stay up for long periods of time and run with no hands
on
>> from day to day. I also have an NT servers that is a yoyo. Same for
>> Linux. My quake2 linux server crashes 2-3 times a week. It only runs
ftp
>> and Quake2. Its a default RH 5.0 install with all apppropriate errata.
>> I'm working on a 2.0.34 kernel upgradewhich is supposed to fix my
crashes)
>> but I'm running into some hardware issues. Your mileage may vary.
>
>Once you work out the hardware issues, Linux can be absolutely reliable. I
>had one machine which was doing weird stuff every week or two. I ended up
>replacing the motherboard, memory, and processor, and it's been churning
>huge amounts of work for months now.
>
>> I've done countless NT installs (workstation and server) and about 15 RH
>> installs (on the same two boxes do to my inexperience with Linux) and
can
>> say that Linux is not up to NT for ease of installation. Redhat is
making
>> great inroads but the lack up pnp support and other harware support
isses
>> puts them behind the times. I think over the next year or so we'll se
>> Redhat and hopefully other distributions make installation of not only
the
>> OS but of software in genereal less problematic.
>
>NT4 is easier to install the 95 or 3.11 or dos or linux or anything. My
>mother was sort of scared of NT, and was blown away how easy it is to
>install the OS. In my opinion, the install is only a very small part of
>the experience. General efficiency/speed and reliability and remote
>administration ease are what keeps me happy with linux.
>
Can't argue here. NT does love its hardware. :-D "MMM feed me hardware"
Although M$ provides many remote admin tools that most don't even know
about (the resource kit has a bunch and IIS4.0's console can run remotely).
Doesn't compete with the simple telnet of linux but its becoming less of
an inhibitor. You can also use products like reachout that give you access
to the the servers desktop much like an xwindows session. Yor mileage may
vary.
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