Server comments

[Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom)]

   I entirely agree. There is another 'tier' that is getting in Sun and 
IBM's shorts though. (As I'm sure you are aware) In my experience - honest - 
the quickest way to alienate that market is to offer to save them money by 
making servers 'cheap'.  Linux adresses both markets well actually. Ubuntu 
adresses the appliance and desktop install well IMO. That third category - 
business server or application server or ... - could be added.

   Custom ISO's are an option as well. (Which I could do). I dont think 
ubuntu's initial purpose was to adress this market (workstations were the 
intent I think - which it does very well). This is something else.

I need to get some work done. Thanks for the replies.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will H. Backman" <whb at ceimaine.org>
To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Server comments


>  > Huh? You lost me here... "Not including a dekstop is a false economy 
> and
>> just encourages the use of underpowered and configured systems as
>> servers"? Are you on crack? lmao No, really... Are you? You must be.
>>
>
> Lets keep it civil please.
>
> I'd say that the price of Linux encourages the use of underpowered systems 
> as servers, not the lack of a resource-hungry GUI.  You often hear how 
> someone dusted off an old computer and turned it into a file server using 
> a free operating system.
>
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