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60. Anil 59. Kedar January 6, 1999 kdeodhar@hotmail.com All these stand correct for the kind of machines these systems are designed for. So really speaking nothing to compare. 58. Venkataraghava January 6, 1999 VenkatPK@hotmail.com UNIX 57. Venkatesh Joshi January 6, 1999 joshi@hotmail.com UNIX...definitely more stable than NT. 56. Sujit Kulkarni January 6, 1999 sujitkulkarni@hotmail.com Unix of course. Main factor is scalability. The choice of OS needs to be done with long term benefits in hand like scalability and security. Many mission critical systems in US are also Unix operated. In India, scalability is even bigger an issue than in US. Unix is more vigilant than Windows NT. Go for Unix without a doubt. 55. Nagendra January 6, 1999 spnag@hotmail.com I prefer Windows NT 54. Leelaraj January 6, 1999 leelaraj@hotmail.com Unix 53. Vivek Sharma January 6, 1999 vsharma@ucsd.edu Linux rules. Windows is a bad OS 52. Krish January 6, 1999 pistha@netscape.net Well, this holy war is going to have a cascading effect on not only the ISPs, but other segments like training institutes as well, for the training institutes will have a wait and watch policy before deciding on which platform-specific Internet course they want to offer. If the majority of the ISPs chose Linux or other favor of Unix, then no right-thinking institute will offer courses on IIS, SiteServer etc. since hey, these guys can't have a big enough market to be employed. What I think is that one should not only examine initial costs of software/hardware acquisition, but also ongoing costs on upgrades and maintenance. Unix is proven, is infinitely more scalable, but on the other hand has also been the most hacked at. NT may be more than enough for small ISPs with smaller customer bases since their learning curve will be shortened. But, hey, it is a dollars and cents (or rupees and paise world out there), so the one with the most to lose (meaning Microsoft) will probably come up with the sweetest deals targeting the ISP purse. All in all, a WWF match of the platforms will be good to watch and will definitely have a lot of amusement value. 51. Mayank Paranjape January 6, 1999 mayankparanjape@hotmail.com UNIX 50. Shailesh January 6, 1999 skgala@yahoo.com My bet is on Linux. Indian customers want best performance for the price they pay. 49. Madhu Rayala January 6, 1999 mrayala@dcn.att.com I feel Unix would do more justice as you need a lot of proxy servers and a lot of traffic has to be sustained and so far only Unix has lived upto its expectations. If major players like Yahoo, AT&T, etc., are using Unix machines, I don't see any reason why new ISPs shouldn't go for Unix boxes 48. Shekhar Patkar January 6, 1999 shekhar@cheerful.com Linux. NT is an acronym for nightmare. 47. Pradeep Balakrishnan January 6, 1999 supportms@hotmail.com Without a doubt Linux Unix NT 5.0 and above. I won't even consider NT 4.x and below 46. Art Vandalay January 6, 1999 artvandalay@hotmail.com Bill Gates *is* God, but for networking, Unix rules. 45. Sreenivas Herugu January 6, 1999 sherugu@lucent.com Unix 44. Rajendra Galagali January 6, 1999 raj@exodus.net As long as the world exists, Unix rules the true world. I am all for Unix and it's the true operating system for the real people with brains who can achieve all that they want with this OS. I would rate Linux next and God save all those who wants to run their business with NT as the OS. 43. Sujay January 6, 1999 svkumar@eos.ncsu.edu UNIX obviously..... 42. Rama Murthy S January 6, 1999 ramamurthy_s@hotmail.com Unix, of course. Performance of Windows NT sucks. My NT workstation just hangs for no reason. Unix is a much stable and time tested environment. 41. Ravi January 6, 1999 bulusu@ece.utexas.edu Personally, I don't think it's a difficult choice... it's always been Linux for me... there's no competition. I've been reading the mail written by Ms. Meena Ganesh... Let me first tell you that I'm not so aware about the statistics of dominance of Windows NT in different markets, but, the main reason for Windows being so dominant in the market, I think, is because of it's user friendly interfaces and it's ability to reach out to the dumbest of users (no offence intended ). But, from a long term usage point of view, I would give my priority to an operating system which concentrates on robustness. Being an engineer involved in "serious" programming in my everyday activities, I would not want to spend "considerable" amount of time rebooting my system or clicking on "Yes" or "No" buttons reconfirming and rereconfirming things. Well, I do see that many successful companies have taken up Windows as their operating system (as per Ms. Meena Ganesh's mail). I would not think that it necessarily reflects the quality of the product. Even a good marketing strategy could make the best products obsolete. In my personal experience with all the above operating systems, I have had to reboot my Windows NT Operating system atleast once every month, where as, believe me or not, I did not have to reboot my system working on Linux even once for a continuous period of 6 months,well, atleast not because the system froze on me. There is no specific reason for preferring Linux over Unix except that I've had very "satisfactory" experience with it... nothing to complain about. Finally, let me restate that all that I've written is purely my personal opinion and not intended to hurt any feelings (of any operating system :-)) ) Best Regards, Ravi Design Engineer, Intel Corp. Post Upload your opinion |
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