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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

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

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

Cost comparison: Solaris/SPARC vs Linux/x86

I ran into a little story on siliconrepblic.com last week which started like this: Cost drives firms from UNIX to Linux 28.11.2007 - Almost two thirds of Irish IT experts say the main motivation for...

Tags: Staffing, Performance, Intel X86, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Lintel, FTE, Linux Thing, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Additional Resources

Save money: buy from the enemy

People keep joyfully telling me that real men buy wintel or lintel, never SPARC/Solaris - and the numbers on this are compelling: if the rate of increase in x86 price/performance falls by only 18% per year over the first five years after SPARC/Solaris (hypothetically!) disappears, the total cost increase...

Tags: Intel X86, Sun Sparc, Sun Solaris, Processors, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-08-22

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem"...but losing everything is like the sun going down on me...Ahhh what a great song...Ok Rudy.Sure IBM can't compete with Sun what with their stock about $100 more per share.My advise is DON'T WAIT! SGI and Sun took a beating from Linux because they...

Tags: Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Nehalem, T2

Discussion threads 2009-04-04

Crossbow's golden arrows

Crossbow's golden arrowsOk so all this network stuff is really cool.....but like Sun's CPU stratergy it seems as if it is competing with itself. Will this tempt away Linux customers. Ummm.. NO! Will it cause Cisco to loose market share. Umm.. NO!Perhaps it will make existing Solaris users stick with...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, NETWORKING, Crossbow, Sun Solaris, Unix, golden arrow, network, network group, network interface card

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source Culture

From Chapter Four: The Unix and Open source CultureWhere is the open source culture in this blog entry???The Original UNIX culture was close to today's open source culture but the AT&T licence and big businesses like IBM/HP/SUN/DEC steered it away from its roots and that is why UNIX is taking...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, open source, GPL, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-20

Converting to Sun Ray, instead

If you should, as I said yesterday, consider Lintel for non power users as a way of saving some cash, why not go all the way and put in Sun Rays instead? by Paul Murphy

Tags: Recession, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Cloud Computing, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-01-20

Adapt! (or else)

Adapt! or elseHope is on the horizonThe next release of OpenOffice.org adds scripting and enhanced navigation pages switchboards to the database.Entrenched Business ProcessesImplementing Open Office to reduce licensing costs sounds like a great idea. Any suggestions on overcoming these two hurdles:1. Business processes which are deeply entrenched in Microsoft Access...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Branding, business logic

Discussion threads 2009-01-19

Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?

Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?A PS3 on everyone's deskThe problem I have with your DumbRay solution is that you cannot do any processing on the desktop. This means that for FEA, you need to have dedicated "compute" servers in the old days those were Crays....

Tags: Linux, Workstations, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Ten embarrassing questions

I was reading a survey showing that only 2% of Obama voters (vs 35% of McCain voters) could correctly answer at least 11 of 12 simple questions like which party has been in charge of Congress for the last two years, when it occurred to me that there might be...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel X86, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Ziegler, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Processors, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-12-06

Opting out of IT

Lots of companies simply opt out of the IT generation - and the consequent IT wars. They do things the old fashioned way - people to people - while minimizing their exposure to reporting hassles - and while I say more power to them, I also say that their existence...

Tags: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Information Technology, Linux, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business

This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-22

Which check to write? when open source means Jack

Which check to write? when open source means JackBut what if it actually costs less to use Windows?I don't know in reality. It seems like most of the analysts out there seem to think it just doesn't matter that much which OS you use - though I would say...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows, OSS, WINDOWS BASED

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Noble goals and politics at the OLPC

Noble goals and politics at the OLPCSidetrack in progressDoes look like OLPC is being distracted from its original goal by corporate politics and maybe a little bit of purism. A Windows port of Sugar may or may not be worthwhile, but it could wait for a subsequent release.Cross platform...

Tags: Operating systems, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktop

Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktopDull topic today, Murph.I switch between desktop OSs; Vista, OpenSUSE, and occaisionally Mac. Desktop OS's just aren't that interesting anymore - 'cos they're all pretty good.When half your life's then spent in the browser, you cease to notice what the OS is.I agree but differ...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, desktop, Mactel, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktop

Red Hat recently issued a press release under the title What's Going On With Red Hat Desktop Systems? An Update whose content boiled down to "It's a loser, so We're bailing." Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a cool two year old product from a...

Tags: Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubantu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Shock! Dog bites postman! Mainframer attacks Linux to push AIX

Once upon a time I did a few articles for searchenterpriselinux at techtarget.com, but we parted ways very quickly over their commitment to Red Hat's anti-Sun marketing strategy. Ken Milberg, a guy I think I first ran into in the context of my original 2002...

Tags: Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM AIX, Duck, IBM Corp., Attack, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-22

A minority opinion ....

A minority opinion ....Who said Windows can't ....... run on a 64 way multi-core system without a hitch. I didn't. I merely pointed out the flaws in the author's methods. I was the one arguing that each OS has it's place. You ran off on a...

Tags: Operating systems, .NET, OPEN SOURCE, Named Pipes, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux, flaw, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-04-02