Comments on: Linux almost saved my day http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/ Blogger, Entrepreneur and Public Speaker on all things web Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: D-Arb http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/comment-page-1/#comment-432 D-Arb Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:22:20 +0000 http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/#comment-432 No reason why you can't run linux if your clients run windows... ;) Just saying there are a lot of good reasons to try it out ;) I can respect windows...MS makes life easy in some ways, but I know that after using Linux for 5 years I pull my hair out every time i have to diagnose a problem in windows, or get it to do some specific thing, etc. I don't want everyone running linux, just enough to make MS improve the bits they are terrible at ;) No reason why you can’t run linux if your clients run windows… ;)

Just saying there are a lot of good reasons to try it out ;)

I can respect windows…MS makes life easy in some ways, but I know that after using Linux for 5 years I pull my hair out every time i have to diagnose a problem in windows, or get it to do some specific thing, etc.

I don’t want everyone running linux, just enough to make MS improve the bits they are terrible at ;)

]]> By: Jason http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Jason Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:36:37 +0000 http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/#comment-292 Hi D-Arb, There will always be tons of reasons to switch to and from Linux, and this ain't the place to start the great "Linux vs. MS debate", but all I can say is that one of the reasons I use MS is a financial one. Financially, if a company can afford to roll out Terminal Services running on 300+ desktops, can afford MS Exchange, can afford to run MSSQL 2005, then I definitely want them as a client. I'm all for open-source and where it is going, but we have to agree, that MS is a multi-billion dollar industry. Wouldn't you want a piece of that pie? I would. ;-) Hi D-Arb,

There will always be tons of reasons to switch to and from Linux, and this ain’t the place to start the great “Linux vs. MS debate”, but all I can say is that one of the reasons I use MS is a financial one.

Financially, if a company can afford to roll out Terminal Services running on 300+ desktops, can afford MS Exchange, can afford to run MSSQL 2005, then I definitely want them as a client.

I’m all for open-source and where it is going, but we have to agree, that MS is a multi-billion dollar industry. Wouldn’t you want a piece of that pie? I would. ;-)

]]> By: D-Arb http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/comment-page-1/#comment-291 D-Arb Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:22:58 +0000 http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/#comment-291 Simple solution...Use linux... Linux is: * More dependable. * Easier to use (in a lot of cases) * Easier to develop in (most distros come with Python, perl, gcc etc. in the box) * Free to use, change, and improve * Easy to make backups of (without expensive/demo software) * Can usually be repaired with a live CD, or the original distro CD * Takes around 30 minutes to an hour to do a complete re-install (including all extra apps you downloaded) * Secure (currently no viruses of the form windows users live with) etc. This message brought to you for free...Try a real OS like Ubuntu today, and drop windows like the piece of crap it is. Simple solution…Use linux…

Linux is:
* More dependable.
* Easier to use (in a lot of cases)
* Easier to develop in (most distros come with Python, perl, gcc etc. in the box)
* Free to use, change, and improve
* Easy to make backups of (without expensive/demo software)
* Can usually be repaired with a live CD, or the original distro CD
* Takes around 30 minutes to an hour to do a complete re-install (including all extra apps you downloaded)
* Secure (currently no viruses of the form windows users live with)
etc.

This message brought to you for free…Try a real OS like Ubuntu today, and drop windows like the piece of crap it is.

]]> By: Luminus http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Luminus Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:24:25 +0000 http://www.jasonbagley.com/2006/08/21/linux-almost-saved-my-day/#comment-223 Jason, I would have to say you're right on all counts. It just sucks when that happens and I always carry 2 to 3 linux live CDs, I use SLAX which is a Slackware derivative and it gets me out of them tough spots. Heck I'm the neighbourhood guru, going about fixing other peoples messes. If they only knew ;) Jason,
I would have to say you’re right on all counts. It just sucks when that happens and I always carry 2 to 3 linux live CDs, I use SLAX which is a Slackware derivative and it gets me out of them tough spots.

Heck I’m the neighbourhood guru, going about fixing other peoples messes. If they only knew ;)

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