> On Thu, 5 Mar 1998, Peter Wright wrote:
>
> > version. And linux gets featured regularly in Byte, PC World and PC Mag.
>
> Was just glancing at a Byte article today re. Webservers, Unix vs. NT.
>
> OpenLinux on Pentium came last, it seems, with Digital Unix on Alpha
> first. Along the way they said that NT had to be watched in case it
> crashed, and that it needed a reboot for too many config change ops.
> Also that Linux was "fun", but they wanted a GUI interface for more config
> stuff and wanted a slicker X-11 config ... no mention of Linux on 64-bit
> Alpha, or SMP linux.
>
Was that the only reason why OpenLinux was rated last? Because the web
server didn't have a GUI admin tool. That's more microsoft brainwashing
getting in there. I won't harp the well used harp of the ability to slap
a linux machine in the corner with nothing but an ethernet connection and
configure it. GUIs aren't all that the press says they are. Yes they're
useful and easy to use. But the Apache config files are well documented,
just as easy to use and you can configure the server faster.
The other claims I've seen is that the Apache web server (that comes with
RedHat) is the most popular web server in use, on the various platforms it
supports not just Linux. I don't know which webserver comes with
OpenLinux.