|
All Archives /
aussie-isp /
1997-02
|
<<< Date >>> | |
| Permanent Link | ||
|
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 20:22:42 +1000
From: Brett Caird To: aussie-isp Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19970202102242.009bddd8@bit.net.au> Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] linux ISPs etc |
No followups recorded. |
|
>Part from that, I wouldn't change for all the money in the world - we find >NT to be generally reliable, relatively stable, and at least you can play >quake on your dial-in server! ;-) I think there is a version of Quake for Linux... :) >I *think* Unix/Linux may be better feature-wise, but I'm happy with NT, and >sticking to it. Though we are primarily Linux based we also run NT. The broad summary is that unix lets you get your hands dirty and is therefore ultimately more versatile. But NT is easier to use. Reliability comes down to the setup of each individual system's configuration and what's running on it, I don't think either is inherently more stable. Security wise, I'd trust our NT server more than our Linux boxes, simply because if you can get your hands dirty, you can dig around and find security holes... or make one! Most people have a story about the dark day that someone hacked into their unix based machine, I haven't heard any about NT yet. The only thing I have problems with imagining NT doing is acting as a dial-in server, but it obviously can... I've just never seen one in action I suppose. (and as most people are aware, its FTP server could be better too). MS-SQL (on NT) makes a pretty good DB backend, much easier to use and setup than anything we could find to run on Linux. Cheers Brett ---- Brett Caird Chief Executive/Director b r e t t c @ b i t . n e t . a u http://www.bit.net.au/ Brisbane Internet Technology Pty Ltd ---- Email "unsubscribe aussie-isp" to m a j o r d o m o @ a u s s i e . n e t to be removed. Reminder: posts to list only accepted from your subscribed email address |
|