I think the desktop vs. server is a valuable point. When it works, and when someone has taken the time to create software for it, Unix performs.
But I work with developers who build software for it. These are people who are highly technical, prefer unix, and have worked under it for years if not decades. And I am continually amazed at how much of their time is spent rebuilding file systems, patching drivers, and trying to figure out an unnecessarily arcane syntax in order to perform simple tasks. I couldn't imagine the world we'd have if its advocates had their way, replacing our sales and accounting folks' machines with Linux boxes.
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Date: 2007-10-14 01:16 pm (UTC)But I work with developers who build software for it. These are people who are highly technical, prefer unix, and have worked under it for years if not decades. And I am continually amazed at how much of their time is spent rebuilding file systems, patching drivers, and trying to figure out an unnecessarily arcane syntax in order to perform simple tasks. I couldn't imagine the world we'd have if its advocates had their way, replacing our sales and accounting folks' machines with Linux boxes.