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   From: lloydparsons@me.com   
      
   In article ,   
    John Slade  wrote:   
      
   > On 8/5/2011 12:04 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:   
   > >   
   > > Joe Zeff wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:28:24 -0400, Flint wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> For some things, a slightly larger tool is needed to get the job done.   
   > >>>    But the latte sippers believe the lie "Awwwww, that's alright honey,   
   > >>> its not how big it is, its how you use it..." .   
   > >>   
   > >> While we're playing around with advocacy, I'll point out that the Windows   
   > >> fanbois still believe that when it comes to software, "What you get for   
   > >> nothing is good for nothing," and refuse to look at Linux while the Linux   
   > >> fanbois (myself included) prefer to say, "Why by milk when a cow is free?"   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >     Yawn.  I use whatever does the job.  Linux is OK, and the Mac has   
   > > some uses but I've never seen them used in multi million dollar   
   > > industrial systems.  The pair of ground stations we built for the   
   > > European Space Agency 10 years ago used Windows 95, along with a lot of   
   > > MC68340 processors running custom code.  There is no 'Best operating   
   > > system for all needs', and the control software for the ground control   
   > > terminals we built for NOAA specified it had to be Windows compatible.   
   > >   
   >   
   >       Exactly, every OS has it's niche. For me I play games and   
   > develop games and for me Windows is the OS I use most of the   
   > time. Also Windows does everything I need. Can't think of   
   > anything Windows doesn't do well. Linux and OS X needs to catch   
   > up in some areas.   
   >   
   > >     I run both Windows and Linux. I use my Macs for doorstops.  It was   
   > > that, or throw them in the trash since they were so useless for   
   > > dedicated systems.   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   >       And that's the reason Apple dropped out of the server   
   > market. People could use Linux and Windows systems that were   
   > cheaper to buy/build and maintain.   
   >   
   > John   
      
   I don't pretend to know why Apple got out of the server market, nor do I   
   actually care.  But while you can stuff Windows server and Linux in a   
   server role with pretty pee-poor equipment, and unfortunately many do,   
   real servers are not nearly as cheap as the Apple one was in most cases.   
      
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