[ale] OS Wars the Series

[Gary Maltzen]

I'm a WUGNET volunteer on Compuserve (EMAILSUPPORT sysop, WINNT tech
advisor, NTSERVER tech advisor). I can NOT speak "officially" for WUGNET,
but based on exchanges with other WUGNET personnel, there is no love affair
with Microsoft; we can be just as frustrated with their policies and
actions. WUGNET's existence, in fact, is testimony to the difficulties of
the MS Windows environment. To characterize WUGNET as being biased toward
Microsoft is (IMO) grossly unfair. If you have any doubt of this, visit some
of the WUGNET forums on Compuserve.

Frankly, there are many WUGNETters (like myself) that run Linux as well as
NT (and some even OS/2), using the technology that seems most relevant to
the situation.


-----Original Message-----
 From: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>


A couple of things I would note.  First of all, stability of NT is still
truly an issue.  Would you prefer the difference in throughput that NT
(apparently) provides, or the ability to have your server always
available?

Samba is a great tool, but the fact remains that without Microsoft's
cooperation, it's hard to 'talk' their protocol.

Finally, I unfortunately believe that both the sites that are provided,
are biased towards Microsoft.  I'm not saying they are lieing, but they
have a vested interest in Microsoft looking good.  I mean we are talking
about the 'Windows Users Group Network' and PC Magazines.  Zdnet has
historically (for the most part) leaned the Microsoft way.

What I'd like to see is a test done by a totally unbiased organization.
Who?  I have no idea...