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** [http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/blog/2005/11/coders-interfaces.html follow-up article] | ** [http://linux.oneandoneis2.org/blog/2005/11/coders-interfaces.html follow-up article] | ||
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| + | * '''2008-01-24''' [http://www.suseblog.com/?p=302 CRM company dumps M$, recommends fishing waders]: “We quickly decided that because we wanted to distribute our product as a Web application, the Microsoft model was very expensive. To try and scale that infrastructure, with a per-CPU cost, and with the ASP pricing model, it would cost multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. And we didn’t see that much value in [Microsoft’s] core stack.” | ||
* '''2007-01-26''' [http://www.pthree.org/category/windwoes/ Why I Don’t Run Windows]: an ongoing series of blog entries by Aaron Toponce, with several comparisons to Linux | * '''2007-01-26''' [http://www.pthree.org/category/windwoes/ Why I Don’t Run Windows]: an ongoing series of blog entries by Aaron Toponce, with several comparisons to Linux | ||
* '''2006-12-26''' (updated) [http://catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html World Domination] by [[Eric S. Raymond]] and Rob Landley: strategy for Linux to wrest domination of the desktop market away from Windows by 2008 (a hard deadline) | * '''2006-12-26''' (updated) [http://catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html World Domination] by [[Eric S. Raymond]] and Rob Landley: strategy for Linux to wrest domination of the desktop market away from Windows by 2008 (a hard deadline) | ||
Latest revision as of 19:30, 17 February 2008
computing: software: operating systems: Linux/Windows: Linux vs. Windows
Overview
Linux and Microsoft Windows are often seen as competitors, with Linux being cheaper (typically free) but more difficult to use, and possibly less reliable.
Links
Comparisons
- 2006-03-19 Ubuntu, Macintosh and Windows XP (slashdot): a comparison
- windowsserver/compare: how Microsoft sees the comparison (this page was also the link-target of a Microsoft FUD banner-advertising campaign)
- Windows vs. Linux: comparative screenshots
- Windows Supports More Hardware but Linux Supports It Better
- Get the Facts on Windows Server and Linux: a collection of studies showing the superiority of Windows (with emphasis on Server flavors) over Linux
Articles
- EMA Study: Get the Truth on Linux Management: rebuttal to pro-Windows studies
- Linux is Not Windows: a rebuttal to recent Windows-to-Linux converts who want Linux to be more like Windows
Commentary
- 2008-01-24 CRM company dumps M$, recommends fishing waders: “We quickly decided that because we wanted to distribute our product as a Web application, the Microsoft model was very expensive. To try and scale that infrastructure, with a per-CPU cost, and with the ASP pricing model, it would cost multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. And we didn’t see that much value in [Microsoft’s] core stack.”
- 2007-01-26 Why I Don’t Run Windows: an ongoing series of blog entries by Aaron Toponce, with several comparisons to Linux
- 2006-12-26 (updated) World Domination by Eric S. Raymond and Rob Landley: strategy for Linux to wrest domination of the desktop market away from Windows by 2008 (a hard deadline)
- 2006-08-31 Anybody But Microsoft: Diving into OpenOffice and Linux, by James E. Gaskin
- 2006-08-21 Inconsistent GUIs on Linux: "It’s a commonly repeated opinion that on Linux all application GUIs look different, but on Windows all/most applications feel like Windows applications."
- 2006-08-17 They still don’t get it... by J Greely
- 2006-05-15 Can Ordinary PC Users Ditch Windows for Linux? (Slashdot)
News
- 2007-02-20 Cuba to use open-source software: Cuba is switching from Windows to Linux
Milestones
- 2003-08-20 Rockin' on without Microsoft: without warning, guitar-string company Ernie Ball was forced to pony up $100,000 for being about 8% "out of compliance" with their licensing of Windows. They decided to drop Windows and go with Red Hat Linux, and they have never regretted it.