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Originally Posted by entwisi
. Its not exactly a solid platform now is it.
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Yes it is its perfect for your average home user. It works out of the box and requires very little knowledge from someone to get the best out of it. Not everyone wants to have to know how it works to use it. Its just like driving a car...I dont need to know how the engine and gearbox work to drive it. Thats what MS provide.Only now are some Linux distros getting up to the same speed and functionality.
If it wasnt for MS I bet we wouldnt all be sitting here now using a PC to surf the net and talk. We might be using Amiga type 6 or ST etc, but it would unlikely to be similar equipment and interface to what we use at work. If it wasnt for MS it wouldnt be expected that what started life as a piece of office equipment, would evolve into a PC that most people have no issue storing in their front room.
And I`ll put windows 2008 server up against any other server product for medium sized businesses, including anything Netware,Solaris,Unix,Linux,BSD for its useability, functionality and ease of maintenance straight out of the box, and ROI over any period.