RE: [MLUG] Sun Micro to Roll Out New Low-End Linux Servers

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Matt Ross wrote:

> What tasks are we talking about that linux can't do?
>
> <snip>
> Freely available Linux is spreading among corporate users aiming to cut
> costs, although analysts say it cannot yet handle some of the biggest
> tasks and ones that need extreme security. It is usually confined to
> mundane tasks such as Web site management or payroll systems.
> </snip>


It's interesting that they pick web site management and payroll systems as
mundane and (presumably) small tasks.  Serving major web sites and large
payroll systems are big, important jobs, I think.

I don't know what Linux can't do!

Mike

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