bigbear
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 Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:10 am Post subject: Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway |
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What OS do i think is "the best"? Windows, Apple, Linux, BSD, Unix, and all the others
Actually, I'll stick to the 3 I normally work with. Windows, Apple and Linux.
Keep in mind where I come from.
I started life as a tech back when Windows was in diapers. Windows 3.1 as a matter of fact. Novell Netware and Unix were the big dog on servers.
Apple still pretty much owned the home user desktop with the macintosh.
for an all too brief period of time, everything had a place and there was a place for everything.
Believe it or not, I think that really , things haven't changed altogether too much.
Linux, a derivative of unix, is still the champ of the server/network world and the stats show it.
Windows is still the leader of the end user desktop and of course, stats show it.
Apple, they took the worst tumble and became kings of the the "rich niche"
When it comes to servers and 'terminal' or 'client' desktops Linux really has the upper hand. Multi-user interaction networking is nix's biggest strength.
Windows has got the "let us do that for you" thing down pat on the full blown PC/end user desktop. No one keeps you simplified and lowest common denominator than Windows.
To me, it's about the view of the where the operating system "belongs" that is the most telling.
Most network techs and admins, especially those who got going more than 10 years ago, who also happen to be some of the folks most involved in Linux development by the way, typically believe that the operating system should be transparent or invisible to the end user. It should provide the resources need for apps to do their jobs and it's the apps that should determine the end users experience.
Your Windows type folks however, want the attention to go to the operating system as a feature. It is the heart and soul, the foundation for which the apps merely are an extension of it.
The problem is when both of these groups think their OS should try to be verything to everyone.
MS started the charade by trying to turn GUI based Windows into a server. Which most techs laugh at in terms of stability and security. However, to the CIO's and executive types, Windows servers with a GUI makes it cheaper and easier to train up an army of folks to perform admin tasks on a server.
You can train a monkey to run a Windows server, and they have, and it brought down the value of all techs and admins who have the training. They are easily replaced. In a nutshell, that's what Windows server is about. Getting paid to make a monkey usable OS.
nix is on the other end. It takes some training and know how to make it all come together. There aren't as many people with the attention span and ability to actually apply what they read in the books about it. This means there are fewer trained and capable nix techs thus making them a highly sought after addition to a team running nix based secure, stable and flexible servers.
But, it doesn't garner much appreciation in the sexy, mass media marketing world.
They want to "compete" for the end user desktop to become more "sexy" to get more attention.
so I always recommend...
home desktop, power user business desktop - Windows
(if you can't afford Windows, be prepared to learn a few things about computers and use Linux for free but don't be surprised when some proprietary apps don't play well. MS LOVES to make the world dependent on their products alone.)
Server, smart client business desktop, Linux
Apple does have a following in the artistic realm of video production and image manipulation worlds. That and being a toy for folks who want others to think they're "sexy wealthy" is about all they really have going for them. |
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