[plug] Fedora 7 vs Windows Longhorn Server 2008 Beta 3

[Arie Hol]

On 24 Sep 2007 at 9:02, regfrem at connect.net.au wrote:

> Not that I am Microsoft fan by any stretch but:
> 
> > First I installed an evaluation copy of Windows Longhorn Server 2008
> > Beta 3, then I installed a copy of Fedora 7.
> 
> You're comparing a 'Beta' product with a 'non-Beta' product.
> 
> I'm sure MS's production version of 2008 Server will be a relatively
> 'bug-free' product like their other OSs.

As I said to Chris previously, it was all about the lack of "basic" 
hardware support - things such as hardware detection, configuration and 
driver installation.

The system I installed it on does not have any exotic/unusual hardware - 
just plain old "ordinary stuff" - and it would not accept any drivers 
installed manually by the system administrator.

As for the bugs, I didn't really notice any - but maybe that's because I 
have been using Windows since version 3.0 - and the senses tend to ignore 
some things.

Besides, if Windows was bug free - it would probably be called Linux.

And as for being a 'beta' product - in my case Fedora 7 - is definitely the 
better product. 	:-)

Regards Arie
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