[MacPerl] [Off topic but cool]: Which OS?

[Strider <Strider@clarityconnect.com>]

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Patrick Gilmore is one of the most respected posters on the Internet
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Chuck

>>Subject: Which OS?
>>
>>I know that OS's are a touchy subject so if you cannot participate in my
>>question without getting immature and resorting to pure non-constructive
>>insults,..... please just delete this message.
>>
>>    For the rest of you that are left,... thanks.  ok so here is my question.
>> i am only aware of 3 different routes for operating systems.  Those are
>>1.Novell 2.NT 3.Variation of UNIX. If there is any more options for me
>
>Ooohhhhh, now this is dangerous.
>
>Besides, you forgot one MAJOR web platform:  MacOS.  In fact, last time I
>checked (~4 months ago), there were more web pages served on Macs than NT.
>Also, more web pages are created on Macs than all of the above combined.
>(My favorite is the bottom of the PC Mag web page.  Look for the "Created
>with BBEdit" icon - a Mac only program. ;)
>
>Anyway, the quick and dirty is:
>
>MacOS:  Easy, quick, secure, cheap.  Not as scalable as others, but you can
>put several servers into a farm that will out-perform, say, a pure Sun
>SPARC solution for the same price.  Of course, you can get Solaris X86
>cheaper than SPARC stations, but the Macs still aren't that much more
>expensive.  You can do everything on a Mac, but I don't really like the Mac
>news servers.  Oh, BTW, no one - *NO* *ONE* - has every admitted to
>cracking a Mac web server.  They've even had contests with 10's of
>thousands of dollars for anyone who could "Crack a Mac".  Lots of these
>contests all over the wold.  NOT ONE PRIZE HAS EVER BEEN CLAIMED.  This
>does not mean no one has ever actually done it, just that there's no
>publicly know way of doing it.  This is completely untrue of all other
>platforms.  BTW, did I mention that the graphical web browser was
>originally a Mac application?  ;)
>
>UNIX:  Very scalable, can do everything, used by more peole than anything
>else, most of Internet runs on UNIX boxes, source code available for just
>about everything, etc., etc., etc.  Cons:  Just learning curve.  And if you
>don't know the other systems, I'd argue that it's not disproportionately
>higher than anything else.  (Well, except Macs.)
>
>NT:  Quick to set up.  That's about it as far as "pros" go.  Cons?  Lots.
>It's not as scalable as UNIX, setup & long term admin is much higher than
>Macs (and UNIX, IMHO - but other's would argue that), performance isn't as
>good as UNIX, least secure platform of them all, more bugs than any other
>currently running system, etc., etc.  Can't think of a reason to go NT
>unless you've already got it up & running or just love it to death.
>
>NetWare:  Relatively new, untested, etc.  Designed primarily as a
>file/print server & web stuff added on.  Wouldn't use it unless you already
>had one for your office or something.
>
>TTFN,
>patrick
>
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