Re: What is wrong with Suse ?

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:41:10 -0000

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In comp.os.linux.misc Juhan Leemet <juhan@logicognosis.com> suggested:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:54:21 +0000, Michael Heiming wrote:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> suggested:
[snippage]

> That has not been my experience. I have been working on SunOS for almost
> 20 years, and I run my own Solaris systems for 10+ years and Linux almost
> as long. Admittedly anecdotal, but my experience has been that (esp. when
> really stressed?) Linux has crashed and taken data with it, whereas
> Solaris (for me) has never crashed and taken data with it, even with a
> single (minor) hardware fault! Hence, I put my important stuff on
> Sun/Solaris servers, and do my tinkering and experimental stuff on Linux,
> Solaris, even Windows (whichever is appropriate). Works really well for me!

Never saw any data loss with Linux server, unless there was sad
reiserfs on the systems, I don't use.

> Your comment on quality server does help, tho. I have a Dell PowerEdge
> 1400SC that has always been running Linux. It has shown less problems that
> my other Linux machines (smaller, cheaper). I think it may be

You are comparing apples and oranges then, if linux has to run on
some cheapo crappy PC hw. Intel quality server do run as reliable
(for me) as any sun box does.

> I think a bigger problem might be with hardware? Even if Linux provides
> support (and I'm not that sure with the churn of distro releases?) I have
> found that PCs tend to be something you run into the ground, and are
> difficult to fix because parts are no longer available. What PC hardware
> vendor sells you replacement parts 5 years later? All the models seem to
> be discontinued! You can't even buy the same identical system a year later.

Yup, but you get hardware support for those discontinued products
as long as you pay it. Like you get from sun, ask IBM/HP/etc
about their intel server series.

The fun thing about it, why do all those solaris "lovers" post
here in a linux ng? Not enough traffic in solaris ngs?;) 

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