[ale] Linux use by ISP

[scott at certumgroup.com]

Keith,

I don't disagree that Linux is a great OS. Why else would I be on this list?
However, as a long-tine Unix user I can assure you that Sun Solaris has
users groups. They are obviously mostly commercial, not many people have Sun
boxes at home (I do but it is for business). Also, until Intel developed the
newer Pentium chips the SPARC chips were much faster than Intel's and
Solaris is a well-proven and reliable OS.

Scott Hartsell
The Certum Group, Inc.
"Connecting You to the World"
www.certumgroup.com

----- Original Message -----
 From: Brian K. Murphy <bmurphy at powerh.net>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 10:08 AM
Subject: [ale] Linux use by ISP


> Just to throw in my two cents, as a small ISP I have been using Linux for
> most of our operations since a few months after we started (probably the
> middle of last year).  I still keep a NT box, but it is only to host IIS
and
> Frontpage.  I don't understand why any ISP would pay $$$$ for a what
amounts
> to a proprietary Unix box when Linux will do exactly the same thing for
the
> cost of the CD.  Not only that, but I have never heard of a Sun users
> group...and linux groups are popping up all over the place.  I can find an
> answer to any esoteric question just by asking a couple of lists.  Oh
well,
> maybe I'm missing something and that's why I'm not the size of Mindspring
> :).
>
> Keith Murphy
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