Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows 2003 66-95% faster the Linux

[Jason McIntosh <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The problem is if you have Terminal servers for Citrix or other remote access systems, and you're letting them run any old Fortran or Cobol programs many of which don't have upgrades.  A LOT of applications are still out there running in this fashion.  This kills any use by such users.
Jason

On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 10:17 AM, Jerry Gamblin wrote:

> Who is going to lay out the money to for windows 2003 server and hardware then run a dos network program?
> If you are still running a dos program over your network you might want to check into upgrading your software package first.   
>
> Jerry Gamblin 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Pepper [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 10:05 AM
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> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows 2003 66-95% faster the Linux
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> That's all fine and dandy, but lets talk about backwards compatibility.
> I am unable to quote the source at the moment, possibly ZDnet, but they
> claim that in initial tests, that around 90% of old DOS programs failed to
> run on the 2003 machine. Word is that they are attempting to get folks off
> of the old NT4 platforms and into the new 2003 platforms.
> But this in my opinion, is a shady way to conduct business.
> At this stage, I don't think that *nix has much to worry about.
>
> Mike
> <running NT4 Terminal Server Edition with no money to upgrade>
> Long live Open Source
>
>
> On Tue, 6 May 2003, Jerry Gamblin wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 07:38:00 -0500
> > From: Jerry Gamblin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Reply-To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Windows 2003 66-95% faster the Linux
> >
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9333
> >
> > "Whether Windows Advanced Server 2003 will be able to keep up the performance gap in other tasks is something that remains to be seen. There's one thing that's for certain, you haven't seen the end of tests like this. Microsoft has Linux in its sights and is going to do everything it can to make the open source upstart look like an also-ran."
> >
> >
> > Jerry Gamblin
> > Network Security Specialist
> > Linn State Technical College
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