Re: [PLUG] need stats!! stat!

["Mike Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

>Keep in mind that there's no absolute guarantee that such a comparison
>will show Linux to be better; there *are* some things that Windows
>does faster, and it *is* easier for the less-trained to understand
>and administrate down the line.

Also, there is some software that is ONLY available on Windows/Mac - most of
the Insurance industry specific stuff we use here is Windows only. And as we
pointed out at our meeting in July, WINE *may* or *may not* run Windows
software by itself. If it doesn't, you still have the cost of Windows
itself, added to the administrative cost of a dual installation for WINE to
read it's DLLs from.

You're biggest savings, besides licensing costs, is admin time for the
innumerable patches for Windows.

Note that you'll still spend a bunch of time patching *Linux*, too, but -
and I have no hard evidence of this - there are less "root level" exploits
in the Linux holes, while more Windows holes more often seem to allow admin
access (read: root level).



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