Generally speaking, I try to stay out of the crossfire between the two warring camps: Linux and Windows. To me it is nonsense to fight about stuff like that. It is like fighting over Ford or Chevrolet. People have their prejudices that are usually not fact-based and you just aren’t going to convince them.
That being said, I can tell you for sure by using any decent Linux distribution, I can duplicate any Windows service with Linux. This daring remark includes the following services:
Server File Shares
Web Services
Print Services
Logon Scripts
.NET programming environment
Proxy Services
Firewall Services
Email Server
Database Server
Application Server
LDAP/Active Directory Services
DNS Services
Security
and all at a price everyone can afford: FREE.
My services won’t be free but my services aren’t free for doing work on Windows servers either. And now with PCLinuxOS 2007, I can even duplicate your Desktop with something even better and, again, for that same reasonable price of FREE.
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