Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 21 Jan 1997 14:36:34 +0200 (GFT Standard Time) | From | Marko Sepp <> | Subject | Re: Good point of Linux over Windows NT |
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At 12:28 20.1.1997 -0700, you wrote: >>1) First and foremost - OS features make an operating system. As examples: >>good SMP support (scalability), async IO and security are a MUST for today's >>servers. As poorly as those features are implemented in NT, they are practically >>nonexistant in Linux. > >dunno about async IO but SMP is there ... and securityt too .. not as good >as NT but it's there, but I can hack NT and so can I most linux systems, >but I see much more you can do to make your system safer on linux then you >can on NT >
That's a great point - a possibility for admins to modify EVERYTHING they want, to make it more suitable for their purposes and more secure. This is a great way of improving programs, because if people want to get some of their own problems solved, they have the best possible motivation to make it a good solution, instead of working for a big corp. and trying to get off as easy as possible.
No boundaries (remember MS-DOS ? :-)
Marko
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