Re: Unix vs. NT
Whilst all of the answers above are true, does it not really depend on what you want? Sure, UNIX offers proper security (although enough admins are slack enough not to seal up wholes), better performance, scalability, reliability etc etc but here would be a few of my good points about NT. 1. NT admin is pretty piss easy in comparison to unix admin (or maybe I'm just dim). 2. There are more people out there trainable in the admin of NT. When one considers the difficulty and hence price in getting and keeping decent IT staff (and their knowlege of the business) this must also be a considersation. It must be easier to replace a NT admin than a UNIX admin. 3. Typically on sites I've worked on the support costs for UNIX boxes have been considerable. 4. Hardware is much more expensive for UNIX All in all I'd take UNIX any day, however, there are some plus points to NT. Feel free to disagree, I may be talking out my hat - I often do Goldy Magaly Pastor Murillo wrote in message <74kh6n$9b7$1@news.xmission.com>... > >Hi everybody > >Why to choose UNIX and not NT using databases??? > > >********************************************* >Goldy Pastor Murillo >Consultora > >Proyecto ILACO >e-mail: gpastor@ilaco.gov.bo > goldypm@yahoo.com >www : www.ilaco.gov.bo >Telf : 591-2-372703 >La Paz - Bolivia >*********************************************
John Clynes wrote: > > 1. NT admin is pretty piss easy in comparison to unix admin (or maybe I'm > just dim). It just SEEMS to be easier. It looks familiar to Windows users, so they think it must be easier than the alien command prompt from UNIX shells. Yes, easy things tend to be easy on NT (the learning curve is a bit steeper for UNIX), but this misleads some guys to think easy: most NT guys I know have no deep understanding of the base, so they will often fail miserably when things get complicated. And you can do some VERY complicated things easily on UNIX where you haven't got a chance on NT. PLUS, with UNIX you can do remote administration from everywhere. > 2. There are more people out there trainable in the admin of NT. When one > considers the difficulty and hence price in getting and keeping decent IT > staff (and their knowlege of the business) this must also be a > considersation. It must be easier to replace a NT admin than a UNIX admin. Sure, but you will get lower trained stuff, and when things get tough, they will fail or use wrong (= expensive) solutions, so in the end, you may loose some money. > 3. Typically on sites I've worked on the support costs for UNIX boxes have > been considerable. Yes, but they have less downtimes, which saves costs. The more you depend on the machines working, the more money you will loose with NT. In TCO I think NT will loose against UNIX. > 4. Hardware is much more expensive for UNIX Not true. Consider Linux or FreeBSD: you get the same performance with less hardware, so instead, it will either be cheaper or more powerfull. > All in all I'd take UNIX any day, however, there are some plus points to NT. The only plus point I find: a GUI just looks better than a command promp, no doubt. And because most people can better look than think this must be *SO* appealing... Ciao, Volker Dittmar
Hey Volker, I think you are all right. Thanks for your great opinions!!! V.Salvador Volker Dittmar wrote: > John Clynes wrote: > > > > 1. NT admin is pretty piss easy in comparison to unix admin (or maybe I'm > > just dim). > > It just SEEMS to be easier. It looks familiar to Windows users, so they > think it must be easier than the alien command prompt from UNIX shells. > Yes, easy things tend to be easy on NT (the learning curve is a bit > steeper for UNIX), but this misleads some guys to think easy: most NT > guys I know have no deep understanding of the base, so they will often > fail miserably when things get complicated. > > And you can do some VERY complicated things easily on UNIX where you > haven't got a chance on NT. > > PLUS, with UNIX you can do remote administration from everywhere. > > > 2. There are more people out there trainable in the admin of NT. When one > > considers the difficulty and hence price in getting and keeping decent IT > > staff (and their knowlege of the business) this must also be a > > considersation. It must be easier to replace a NT admin than a UNIX admin. > > Sure, but you will get lower trained stuff, and when things get tough, > they will fail or use wrong (= expensive) solutions, so in the end, you > may loose some money. > > > 3. Typically on sites I've worked on the support costs for UNIX boxes have > > been considerable. > > Yes, but they have less downtimes, which saves costs. The more you > depend > on the machines working, the more money you will loose with NT. In TCO I > think NT will loose against UNIX. > > > 4. Hardware is much more expensive for UNIX > > Not true. Consider Linux or FreeBSD: you get the same performance with > less hardware, so instead, it will either be cheaper or more powerfull. > > > > All in all I'd take UNIX any day, however, there are some plus points to NT. > > The only plus point I find: a GUI just looks better than a command > promp, > no doubt. And because most people can better look than think this must > be > *SO* appealing... > > Ciao, > Volker Dittmar