There are some good whitepapers on the subject of what is good about Linux and some head to head type stuff at htpp://www.linuxcare.com If this friend is dealing with business or manager types a lot of this stuff is written in their language. On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 09:05:29AM -0400, ANDREW PERRIN wrote: > Well that rather depends on what you want to do with it (although in the > vast majority of cases the answer is "yes, Linux is a superior alternative > to NT"). Narrow the research question... get a better answer :) > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew J. Perrin - Assistant Professor of Sociology > University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill > 269 Hamilton Hall CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA > andrew_perrin@unc.edu - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin > > On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Renai LeMay wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I have a friend who is going through uni, and has been asked to provide a > > comparison of Linux vs Windows NT in answer to this question: > > > > "Microsoft NT has so many problems that serious consideration is being given > > to changing to the Linux platform." > > and the question is: "Is Linux really and alternative to NT? why?" > > > > Being a linux/bsd admin, he asked me. Now I don't have the time or the > > inclination to research it for him :) But I'd like to know if anyone out > > there has any links in their bookmarks dir which he would find helpful > > (keeping in mind the fact that he is a windows98 gaming guy). > > > > thanks, > > > > Renai > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- BOFH excuse #349: Stray Alpha Particles from memory packaging caused Hard Memory Error on Server.
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