Linux in business

What about performance where Samba 3.0 has tested at 2.5 times faster than
Windows Server 2003. And, the performance gains of Samba 3.0 grows above
2.5 times at heavy loads.

http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/pipermail/advocacy/2003-October/000759.html

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: Linux in business
> From: Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:00:03 -0700
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> the fact of the matter is that Windows 2000 server runs well enough,
> uptimes are quite good and are easier for a non-tech to
> maintain (i.e. -
> setup domain user accounts, back up, etc.)
>
> The issues are not necessarily cost or ease of use but is
> about lock up
> / tie up / and subjecting a business, your business, to the corporate
> whims of Microsoft. They require licenses for everything you do, and
> obtain the right to inspect your software, your premises and your
> computers by virtue of simply installing the software. You
> don't own the
> software, merely get a license to use it, which is non-transferable,
> meaning you have to continually repurchase the right to use it. More
> than anything else, Linux represents an element of control over their
> computers that they will never get from Microsoft. The money
> factor is a
> red herring that most businesses will only view as peanuts.
>
> Craig
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