[ale] Linux Server distros

[Benjie]

On 7/28/06, Jerald Sheets <jsheets at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Many small businesses and home users are stuck with usb.  Linux is
> > found outside the data center / enterprise environment.  I think its
> > really just a case of trying use the one-size fits all distro.
> > RedHat, Debian, SuSE, etc., could all probably make their base install
> > more light weight,
>
> Um...  I beg to differ.  SuSE here, and I can guarantee you I use
> more data center than you do.  :)
>
> Further, pretty much every system I've worked with has a server
> installation, and can kickstart to your customization paramaters (see
> the ALE NW meeting of two months ago).
>
> The fostering of this untruth kinda needs to stop *especially* among
> a linux group.  LoL
>
> Linux is rapidly replacing BIG solutions in varying degrees.  On big
> iron risc and sparc systems, and even z series mainframes.
>
> Major portions have been rewritten/contributed to by the  big boys
> like IBM and Sun, and are just as viable in the data center as
> anything else.
>
> I used to say that of course I would put my big DB machines on an AIX
> or a Solaris, but after seeing what our esteemed Sid Lane can do with
> MySQL, that phrase isn't in my vocabulary any more.
>
> --Jerald
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Please let me clarify myself.  I was implying that Linux is used, *Not
only in enterprise computing!*  That there are small businesses that
use Linux, often in tandem with Windows servers.  I was not implying
that Linux is not being used in a *serious* way.  I am well aware that
Linux has been ported to more platforms than NetBSD ( and to clarify
again for some on the list, there was a touch of humor in that last
statement.)

Benjie
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