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Further proof of why linux will dominate MS soon.

M

Martin

Lifer
Santa considers switch


North Pole - Citing concerns about security and licensing costs, Santa Claus is considering migrating his computer systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux.

With several thousand computers and the largest database in the world, Santa's Workshop is one of the largest and most important clients for Microsoft. It is expected that the software maker will do whatever it takes to keep Claus in their corner.

"If some naughty kid was able to break into my systems and change his status to nice than the whole integrity of the Claus empire would be called into question," said Kringle. "I also have to watch out for the Easter Bunny. He's always trying to muscle in on my territory. If he were able to compromise my database and get access to my client list, then we might be celebrating Christmas in April."

"IIS couldn't keep up when Slashdot posted a link to that web-interface I made for turning Rudolph's new LED nose on and off. That was the last straw," Claus continued. "I'm entrusting the entire holiday of Christmas to a company that can't even make a reliable web server?"

Microsoft feels that the issue isn't security but the new licensing agreement currently being negotiated with the North Pole giant. "You think he's all 'Ho ho ho' but Santa is one tough negotiator," said the Microsoft sales representative responsible for the North Pole region. "Behind that beard is a shrewd operator. He's managed to stay in business for centuries while giving his product away for free. Even the best Internet entrepreneurs couldn't sustain that business model."

Santa has more leverage than most of Microsoft's customers said one analyst. "He's made some veiled threats about Xboxes falling off the sleigh while he's flying over the Atlantic. I also heard he threatened to move Gates and Ballmer to the Naughty List."

Santa dismisses Microsoft's claims that his threats to move to Linux are nothing more than a negotiation tactic. "I agree with the philosophy of the Linux community. I give all these toys and goodies away for free, I think that the software I choose should be supporting those sort of ideals too."

Linux would be a good fit for Santa on both the server and the client side. "Linux has strong server choices and as far as the workstations the elves don't use them for anything other than to listen to Christmas carols and to open up the occasional Christmas list that some geek sends to us on CD.

Sources say that Red Hat Linux remains the front runner if Santa does decide to switch.
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No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
He's biased cause of all the penguins up there.
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Skoorb - being from Canada you should know that those little tux wearers are southerners all the way. Apparrently all that were up north became appetizers for the bears and aquatic life.
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Originally posted by: Booster
No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
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Here at work we have around 10 computers running some form of *nix. Also at school we have at least 10 labs(30 comps each) running unix, and another 10 labs running red hat. Those are just the comp sci and comp engr buildings, I don't know about the rest.
 
Originally posted by: scorp00
Originally posted by: Booster
No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
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Here at work we have around 10 computers running some form of *nix. Also at school we have at least 10 labs(30 comps each) running unix, and another 10 labs running red hat. Those are just the comp sci and comp engr buildings, I don't know about the rest.
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Yeah, but that's in Comp Sci and Engineering. 😀 They don't count. 😉 😛
 
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: scorp00
Originally posted by: Booster
No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
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Here at work we have around 10 computers running some form of *nix. Also at school we have at least 10 labs(30 comps each) running unix, and another 10 labs running red hat. Those are just the comp sci and comp engr buildings, I don't know about the rest.
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Yeah, but that's in Comp Sci and Engineering. 😀 They don't count. 😉 😛
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our comp/elec eng labs have RH 7.3. Several hundred computers in total.

I have mandrake 9 at home. Overall, I am very impressed with Linux
 
Originally posted by: Booster
No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
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Uh, you need to go out more.

Are you student? Our faculty along has 400 Linux machines.
 
Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: scorp00
Originally posted by: Booster
No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
Click to expand...

Here at work we have around 10 computers running some form of *nix. Also at school we have at least 10 labs(30 comps each) running unix, and another 10 labs running red hat. Those are just the comp sci and comp engr buildings, I don't know about the rest.
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Yeah, but that's in Comp Sci and Engineering. 😀 They don't count. 😉 😛
Click to expand...

our comp/elec eng labs have RH 7.3. Several hundred computers in total.

I have mandrake 9 at home. Overall, I am very impressed with Linux
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Yea, I don't think Booster is looking very hard.
Of the companies I've worked for or with, almost all are using Linux in some capacity. Ussually workstations or Beowulf clusters.
 
Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: scorp00
Originally posted by: Booster
No offense here, but I've yet to see a single PC running Linux. Noone, nobody uses it. And I see dozens of PCs each day in different places. Linux, unfortunately, doesn't have a single chance.
Click to expand...

Here at work we have around 10 computers running some form of *nix. Also at school we have at least 10 labs(30 comps each) running unix, and another 10 labs running red hat. Those are just the comp sci and comp engr buildings, I don't know about the rest.
Click to expand...

Yeah, but that's in Comp Sci and Engineering. 😀 They don't count. 😉 😛
Click to expand...

our comp/elec eng labs have RH 7.3. Several hundred computers in total.

I have mandrake 9 at home. Overall, I am very impressed with Linux
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Yeah. My point exactly. Engineering and an engineer using Linux. Surprise, surprise? 😉
 
I got a really sinking feeling in the pit of mu stomach when I saw this thread and the author. 😀

Anyway Moonbeam ismoving to linux so how far behind can the rest of the world be. Right now I have two mandrake isos somewhere on my system. i can't find them, but I know they are there. If you want to try to install it you can follow the ongoing saga and hopefully eventually get simple instructions here.
 
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