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Ignoramus14891
On 2008-08-07, Gary S. Terhune <none> wrote:
> I can give plenty of examples to support Ed's side. What meaningful
> task can you do with a Linux PC that you can't do with Windows? One
> or two examples would be sufficient, and by "meaningful" I mean not
> including keeping the user occupied with programming the machine
> itself.
1) Writing a program that connects 100+ sockets and had 300+ file
descriptors and is actually using the network and disk writing.
(actual case from my own experience 3 years ago).
Works great under linux and did not work under Windows.
2) Not having license limitations.
3) Not having to deal with viruses
4) Not needing to deal with scheduled task nonsense
Things got a little better for Windows after introduction of Cygwin,
though.
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> I can give plenty of examples to support Ed's side. What meaningful
> task can you do with a Linux PC that you can't do with Windows? One
> or two examples would be sufficient, and by "meaningful" I mean not
> including keeping the user occupied with programming the machine
> itself.
1) Writing a program that connects 100+ sockets and had 300+ file
descriptors and is actually using the network and disk writing.
(actual case from my own experience 3 years ago).
Works great under linux and did not work under Windows.
2) Not having license limitations.
3) Not having to deal with viruses
4) Not needing to deal with scheduled task nonsense
Things got a little better for Windows after introduction of Cygwin,
though.
--
Due to extreme spam originating from Google Groups, and their inattention
to spammers, I and many others block all articles originating
from Google Groups. If you want your postings to be seen by
more readers you will need to find a different means of
posting on Usenet.
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