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Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel: Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...; Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel: If you compare the capital cost of a Wintel server and desktop architecture using Dell gear with 22" screens to that of a redundant SPARC/Sun Ray system with 24" screens, the Sun system comes in about $200,000 cheaper for 1,000 users. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Desktop, Wintel, Dell Computer Corp., Staffing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Difference, Sun Ray, Servers, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-07-02
N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel Scalability: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilityStore procedures and serializationHow did stored procedures solve the serialization problem?If they did, it sounds like an accident due to programmers not understanding transactions and unknowingly switching from a very pessimistic locking strategy to an overly optimistic locking strategy.RE: N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel ScalabilitySo,...; Tags: Databases, N-Tier, tier, Wintel Scalability, Rube Goldberg, Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
N-Tier: Rube Goldberg meets Wintel Scalability: The core claim made by N-tier architecture proponents is that this structure breaks an application into modular elements that can be separately maintained and used for more than one application. In the simplest possible version of this you have at least one database server, at least one...; Tags: Wintel, Client-server, PC, Application Server, Desktop Computer, Storage, Desktops, Databases, Servers, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Of course you realize, this means war.: Of course you realize, this means war.Jason, that was superb.ntI disagree with you, Jason"Apple could significantly expand its market share by allowing Mac OS X to run legally on other hardware platforms"1. Writing an operating system for one set of hardware is way easier than for the "whatever" hardware. You...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, MacOS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., hardware, Jason, PC, Wintel, accident; Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Security metrics and issues: One of the questions coming out of last week's wintel vs lintel discussions asked which one is generally more secure. As it turns out that's an easy question to answer -unless, of course, you want to demonstrate that your answer is correct, because then it turns out that virtually nothing...; Tags: Wintel, Performance, Integrity Failure, Security, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Security: Lintel vs Wintel: Security: Lintel vs WintelI guess we'll see how well the method matches realityOn first glance, this does appear to be well thought out, but there may be too many judgment calls to make it useful.RE: Security: Lintel vs WintelI've done a security project on a Unix system and worked extensively...; Tags: Mainframes, Operating systems, Servers, security, Lintel, Wintel, Microsoft Windows, mainframe, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-03-24
Security: Lintel vs Wintel: In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...; Tags: Wintel, Attacker, Vulnerability, Flaw, National Vulnerability Database, Petreley, Security, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-24
When Lintel beats Wintel: When Lintel beats WintelI'm switching to Open Office...and have had no trouble accessing my documents created in MS Office. No cost of being different here.linux performance not always betteryou might have a point for servers, but for desktop usage Linux is not always more performant than Windows. so I don't...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-03-18
When Lintel beats Wintel: Here's the full text of something by frequent contributor Anton Philidor during last week's discussion of various approaches to Lintel/Wintel TCO comparisons: "Linux is more expensive than Windows." You agreed. Quoting: By mid 2004, however, enough people...; Tags: Wintel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Lintel, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-18
The tyranny of the majority: Most people find it extremely difficult to go against perceived majority opinion. You can see one aspect of this for yourself by trying a simple social experiment: go somewhere a lot of people are partying and get at least ten to loudly and repeatedly urge another person...; Tags: Wintel, Mob, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-17
Measuring TCO: Wintel vs Lintel: Measuring TCO: Wintel vs LintelWhoever chooses the scenario...... can determine the results. I read some Windows comparisons on Microsoft's site in which the assumptions and requirements were obviously slanted and a report on open source in English schools that could not have produced results favoring Windows if the consultant...; Tags: ROI/TCO, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Wintel, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., TCO, Lintel; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
Measuring TCO: Wintel vs Lintel: The most basic, and traditional, Wintel vs Lintel TCO comparison argued that since the hardware is the same, everything comes down to the cost of the OS and applications licenses -all of which are free for Lintel and expensive for Wintel. This drew many different responses, but...; Tags: Wintel, Benefit, TCO, Linux, Roi/Tco, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-12
Murphy's law, or why WinTel wins: Murphy's law, or why WinTel winsIn the case of ditching Wintel......you just do it. Buy a naked computer (or if you have an old one lying around, use that), take an inventory of the hardware so you know what drivers you need, use the evil FDISK program to obliterate...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Esperanto, Wintel, Murphy, open source, English Language; Discussion threads 2008-03-05
Murphy's law, or why WinTel wins: My former co-blogger here, Paul Murphy, has a very nice piece out today comparing the costs of running Windows and Linux in corporate computing. (Here's a book on that you can buy.) The bottom line is you're paying roughly a 50% tax (you spend 64% of what...; Tags: Wintel, Paul Murphy, SUV, Murphy, Drunk, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSource: Costs: Wintel Vs. OpenSourceHmm, its that alternate reality again.I read through this, and your example is impecable, makes perfect, and I'm left wondered why none of my customers use Sun hardware.And of the course, the reason is that in my reality, the vast majority of enterprises are SME's, and they...; Tags: Wintel, OpenSource; Discussion threads 2008-03-05
Costs: Wintel vs. open source: One of the true wonders of our age is the ability lots of otherwise reasonable people have to tell you with every evidence of believing it themselves that PCs cost a few hundred bucks and last for years - and then go off to spend well over a thousand replacing...; Tags: Wintel, Hewlett-Packard Co., Open Source, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+Apple: Wintel+Vista+conspiracy+screws+customers%3A+Another+win+for+AppleWhat's your vector Victor?Apple doesn't have a chance of moving into business class Windows/Linux territory unless they OEM OSX and open up their proprietary ways.Windows Server 2008 shares the same kernel as Vista SP1, but, interestingly 'retreats' from registry-based gui 'click next' configuration to a command-line interface 'Linux modular approach'...; Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Wintel Vista, Wintel Vista conspiracy, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., liar, Wintel, crook, PC, Microsoft Windows Server 2008; Discussion threads 2008-02-29
Wintel Vista conspiracy screws customers: Another win for Apple: The latest PC market scandal - that Microsoft, Intel and some PC makers knew that the "Vista Capable" logo certification program was a lie and that some chipsets for popular machines couldn't support the new Aero interface stuff - must be music in the executive suites down in Cupertino. The...; Tags: Wintel, Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Story, Intel Corp., Chipsets, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-02-29
From Brief: 2: This is the second excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The board Member's IT brief. From 1.2.1: The consequences of culture There's a simple bottom line to the difference between science based computing and data processing - one that ties directly to the biggest silent...; Tags: Wintel, Client-server, Staffing, PC, Information Technology, Environment, Data, Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp., Mainframes, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-01-18