Hey Radix.
Being a consultant you must know that the fact that companies don't use linux very much says little to nothing about linux itself. It says way more about the lack of knowledge of the ones making decisions.
If you know what you are doing you can find support for linux products and get good SLA's going securing your critical applications and processes.
I'v seen it happen more then once: decision makers just don't have enough knowledge to make a well funded decisions when it comes to open-source products.
Let's take another look in 5 years, I'm sure things have changed by then.
Monk.
Hi,
I was not talkin only about linux. I was talking about open source concept in the mission critical enviroment. I am not dissmising linux or any other open source application. You can buy support for linux and other open source applications. Companies use linux, but not in the critical places.
I don't like fanboys from each side when they are talking and resuming the world of IT of what they are using home.
What I was trying to say is that open source applications cannot replace ALL applications in proffesional ebviroment. I'm using linux and freebsd a lot . Our logging (syslog a.s.o) servers are runnig linux/freebsd, our smtp server is running frebbsd (btw free/netbsd >>> linux) with an uptime of 740days. But none are mission critical.
For mission critical we have Sun, Ms, IBM, HP, Dell, Oracle to name only some of the companies.
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as for technical support on open sourced , you have the source code and ability to do these things yourself , that is the general idea of open sourced
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sorry, but you have no ideea what are you talkin about. Have you ever seen how such source code looks like? Let me explain. I'm using maybe 20 to 30 enterprise aplpication in my enviroment. If one of this application is failing because of a bug or whatever I have not enought time to have a look in the code (wich is not small) and repair the bug. This can take days or maybe weeks. What do you think will say the CEO when with each MINUTE of the downtime he's loosing thounsends of $$$ ??? Maybe there are hundreds or tousands of employee wich cannot work if the sys is going down.
If the application is failing I need support from someone wich is knowing the souce code well and can find and correct the error fast!. Wich is the developer or developer company. Not me.
And about viruses, In the last 6 years I don't remeber to had *any* issues with viruses in *any* company where i work and privat also.
About apache, what is a web server alone? -> nothing. You need applications for it that you can use it.
Conclusion
Open source is good but it cannot replace everything. It is good for home / small business / non critical enviroment use.
P.S. Ask CIA / FBI / NASA or whatever to make their own developed software open source -> lol
P.S.2. know anyone a good OLAP server for linux?